The field of robotics is accelerating at an increasingly rapid rate and is showing no signs of slowing down. But there remain some significant robotics challenges standing between us and real progress…
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This new algorithm could make for accident-free medical robots
A new algorithm could keep manufacturing, home care and medical robots from tripping over themselves and everything around them. …
People want ethical robots, but there’s one big problem in the way
People are messy, complex and often irrational (sorry, but it’s true). So if we want to program ethical robots, can we learn how to code those shades of grey?…
Can we actually build ethical robots? One engineer is stirring the debate
The idea of building ethical robots might not be impossible, depending on your definitions. Nor is it a trivial issue.…
Medical robots are coming to an operating theatre near you
Medical robots won’t get emotional, they won’t get tired, and they won’t get distracted. And they’re already helping human surgeons perform minimally invasive surgery.…