#World’s first living robots can now reproduce, scientists say

#World’s first living robots can now reproduce, scientists say

“#World’s first living robots can now reproduce, scientists say” The world’s first living robots — known as “xenobots” — can now reproduce, US scientists have revealed. Details about the robots, created using the heart and skin stem cells from the African clawed frog, were unveiled last year after experiments showed they could move and self-heal….

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#Miami Herald’s newest real estate reporter is a robot

#Miami Herald’s newest real estate reporter is a robot

“#Miami Herald’s newest real estate reporter is a robot” Here’s some news that may push journalists’ buttons. The Miami’s Herald’s newest “reporter” is a robot who churns out real estate stories like a machine, according to a report. The Pulitzer prize-winning newspaper has enlisted artificial-intelligence software to write dozens of two-to-three paragraph stories about property…

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#As workers age, robots take on more jobs

#As workers age, robots take on more jobs

“#As workers age, robots take on more jobs” Sept 16 – It turns out robots are taking over jobs fastest around the world in places where their human counterparts are aging the most rapidly. That is the conclusion of a new study that looked at demographic and industry-level data in 60 countries and found a…

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#How a robot’s gaze can affect the human brain

#How a robot’s gaze can affect the human brain

“#How a robot’s gaze can affect the human brain” Sept 1 – It has long been known that making eye contact with a robot can be an unsettling experience. Scientists even have a name for the queasy feeling: the “uncanny valley”. Now, thanks to researchers in Italy, we also know it’s more than just a…

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#Silicon Valley’s answer to the labor shortage in US factories

#Silicon Valley’s answer to the labor shortage in US factories

“#Silicon Valley’s answer to the labor shortage in US factories” LIVERMORE, Calif., Aug 26 – Silicon Valley has a new pitch to persuade small companies to automate: rent-a-robot. Better technology and the need to pay higher wages to humans have produced a surge in sales of robots to big companies all across America. But few of these automatons are…

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