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A Robot Magic Kingdom? Disney Wants Huggable Humanoids to Play Characters

April 11, 2017 | Article

In a move reflective of HBO's hit show "Westworld," the entertainment company has filed a patent for humanoid robot characters.
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'Mating' Robots Take a Fast-Forward Leap in Digital Darwinism

April 05, 2017 | Article

A new study assesses the evolutionary dynamics of physically embodied robots — and it suggests that we're mashing the fast-forward button on the impending robotic revolution.
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Watch Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos Control a Giant Mech Robot

March 20, 2017 | Article

A mysterious mech robot makes its debut for Amazon.
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Robo First: Bot Assists with Tricky Cochlear-Implant Surgery

March 15, 2017 | Article

For the first time, robots have successfully performed a tricky, delicate operation that helped implant a hearing device into a deaf woman's ear.
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Watch This Robot Help Perform Cochlear-Implant Surgery | Video

March 15, 2017 | Video

With help from a new robotic system, researchers carried out a procedure to implant a hearing device into a deaf woman’s ear.
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Robot 'Telepathy' Could Make Self-Driving Cars Safer

March 07, 2017 | Article

Are you nervous about entrusting your life to a self-driving car? What if you could telepathically communicate with the vehicle to instantaneously let it know if it makes a mistake?
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'Telepathic' Brain Signals Correct Robot’s Mistakes | Video

March 07, 2017 | Video

A new brain-controlled robot uses brain signals from a human operator to correct a bot’s mistakes in real time.
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Robotic Arm Turns Your Digital Doodles into Good Old-Fashioned Sketches

February 27, 2017 | Article

A small robotic arm can bring your digital sketches to life.
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A Killer Spin: Table Tennis Gets 'First' Robotic Coach

February 24, 2017 | Article

The record-breaking robot teaches humans how to play table tennis.
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Cancer-Fighting Army? Magnetic Robot Swarms Could Combat Disease

February 15, 2017 | Article

Magnetically controlled swarms of microscopic robots might one day help fight cancer inside the body, new research suggests.
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