Page 7 - Robots

The future robo advisor: Smart and ethical?

Estimates suggest the number of robo-advice clients will climb to 17 million by 2021 from 1.8 million in 2016

Your next robot encounter - dinner, drinks and a massage

Cobots made up just 5% of the $14 billion industrial-robot market in 2017

Over 50% employees are ready to accept, embrace robot co-workers: Survey

Nearly 30 per cent of employees cited that machines are more attractive than co-workers because they do not get involved in office politics

Robots to the rescue where workers can't be found

In a prosperous economy, there are few takers for new jobs

Scientists create robot implant to treat rare birth defect: How it works

The robot is a small device that is attached to the oesophagus by two rings

Robots on the shop floor

Job roles in robotics programming and maintenance will be more in demand

Making robots safer for us

Cobotect GmbH, is using the decades-old concept of airbags to cushion potentially dangerous automated parts

MIT's ComText lets robots follow voice commands

The main contribution is the idea that robots should have different kinds of memory just like people

Millennials can't trust robots; corruption is their biggest worry: Survey

Survey suggested that over 78% young people would welcome refugees in their own neighbourhood

Sweden rolls out the robots

Sweden's financial industry is now emerging as a pioneer in the use of artificial intelligence (AI)

Here's how employees could match employers' use of tech in job applications

One of biggest advantages of bot-based application system is that it can come across as more person

The robot era won't need a lot more electricity: Know why

Where robots require electrical load, they create an economic incentive to conserve it elsewhere

Scientists invent world's first 3D-printed robot that can walk, climb

Soft robots have only been able to shuffle or crawl on the ground so far

How to prepare for an automated future

People need to be educated differently so that they may work alongside robots

Soon, robots to replace doctors for surgeries at Safdarjung hospital

Procedure involves mounting surgical instruments on robotic arms operated by a surgeon

Making robots that can work with their hands

To come close to what human hands can do; robot hands need better agility, reliability, strength

Introducing 'Operator 4.0,' a tech-augmented human worker

People will still be essential on the factory floors, even as robots become more common

Even robots can commit crimes; we might soon need a law

Technology can be a downright scary thing; particularly when its new, powerful

Alibaba's favorite 'warehouse robot' maker, Geek+ raises funds

The company raised $14 million led by Vertex Ventures, reports Tech In Asia

Robot tax debate: No, bots aren't the answer to our talent shortage

Bill Gates answer to this problem is to tax the bots as well, reports Tech in Asia