Reported from the Field...

It didn't take long for Marty [https://mikeschultz.ghost.io/marty/] to make his appearance. Once showed up, though, he didn't seem to be universally popular. > OK, a six-foot robotic thing just followed me down the aisle at the grocery store and that is messed…

Marty

Giant Food announces that it will place robots [https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/01/14/giant-food-stores-will-place-robotic-assistants-inside-locations-company-says/?utm_term=.16598b310dcd] in its stores near me " to report spills, debris and other potential hazards to store employees to improve your shopping experience." I'll be on the lookout…

A Worthy Resolution

> I've got to say, looking toward the new year, ramping up human empathy and stepping back from our aspirations for artificial empathy-- that has to be one of my fondest new years wishes for #technology [https://twitter.com/hashtag/technology?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw]…

ZoraBots

Back to robots and health care. This time with video. Not much of it comforting (to me). via The New York Times [https://nyti.ms/2zp86Lc]…

From Borges to bots

> “All that happens to us, including our humiliations, our misfortunes, our embarrassments, all is given to us as raw material, as clay, so that we may shape our art.” Viva Borges https://t.co/gA3IPWp5cT — Explore (@Explorer) November 8, 2018 [https://twitter.com/Explorer/status/1060570897373978624?ref_src=twsrc%…

Robo-chef?

> At the restaurant Spyce, dishes are whipped up by a robotic chef built by four recent M.I.T. grads, with input from Daniel Boulud: https://t.co/PEloyDldtr pic.twitter.com/ZxuJN8wvIh [https://t.co/ZxuJN8wvIh] — The New Yorker (@NewYorker) April 9, 2018 [https://twitter.com/NewYorker/status/…

Holy Cow!

> Good Morning. ROBOTS ARE MILKING OUR COWS!!! That is all.https://t.co/YfOWcGQ6aj pic.twitter.com/8aPDPdFmcg [https://t.co/8aPDPdFmcg] — Geoff Brumfiel (@gbrumfiel) April 9, 2018 [https://twitter.com/gbrumfiel/status/983365768078331904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] Read the link to get a better idea of the process.…

Um, no

> Is this therapy robot better than a real cat? pic.twitter.com/EKolplMjYn [https://t.co/EKolplMjYn] — The Verge (@verge) November 11, 2017 [https://twitter.com/verge/status/929428531112689664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw]…