Aryan Gupta’s sanitation rover replaces unsafe manual drain cleaning with a remotely operated, low-cost robot that protects workers and exemplifies ethical, human-centered engineering in urban India.

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A new study has found that a robot’s feedback during a collaborative task can influence the feeling of closeness between the human participants. The research, published in Computers in Human Behavior, ...

Following the Times report, Amazon pointed out that its robots are designed to help human employees "work smarter, not harder" by eliminating some repetitive tasks. Earlier this month, Amazon also ...

A robot that follows its owner like a pet, runs errands, and steps forward like a bodyguard to fend off threats is a so-called ‘user-following robot (Follow-Me Robot).’ In parts of China, ball-shaped ...

It’s hard to think of any other company that has shaped the labor market as much as Amazon has over the past two decades. Now, internal documents and interviews obtained by the New York Times point to ...

Facepalm: Amazon has responded to reports that the company aims to replace 600,000 US warehouse workers with robots by 2033. Predictably, it's trying to put a positive spin on the news, claiming that ...

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The Litter-Robot 5 Pro can handle up to five cats and comes with cameras equipped with facial recognition to know everybody’s business. The Litter-Robot 5 Pro can handle up to five cats and comes with ...

Amazon has spent years automating its warehouses with robots. Its mechanical workforce is more than one million strong, rivaling the size of its human workforce of some 1.56 million people. Robots, in ...