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Kitchen robot Botinkit raises $13M from DJI angel and others

Having worked in the food industry for several years, Shirley Chen saw firsthand the challenges of managing staffing and training for restaurant expansion. So when she met her future co-founders, she ...

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Jul 2023

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This robot squad could be the next big thing in lunar exploration

Solitary lunar rovers have been invaluable to our efforts exploring the Moon. But a group of scientists led by ETH Zurich is now looking at sending an entire squad of robots that collaborate and compl...

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Jul 2023

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Motor City mechatronics

A number of native Detroiters have asked me what I think about their city so far. The simple answer is that I don't feel qualified to offer much insight yet. I've been here for roughly three days as I...

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May 2023

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The life and death of a robot vacuum

I'm heading back to the South Bay next week, thanks to Google I/O, which is coming back to the Shoreline Amphitheater. I honestly don't expect much of anything related to this beat, though AI is going...

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May 2023

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Things I Wish I'd Known Before I Bought a Robot Vacuum

I love my Roomba, and I hate my Roomba. The endearing little beeps and boops, the hypnotic but inexplicable path it takes across my floor, the possibility of training woodland animals to ride it acros...

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Apr 2023

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Robotics safety firm Veo raises $29 million, with help from Amazon

Survey a lot of industrial warehouses and you'll see a lot of cages. It's a safety thing -- effectively a way of ensuring that robots don't accidentally hurt people. They're big, fast and made of meta...

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Apr 2023

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13 VCs talk about the state of robotics investing in 2023

Robotics is a fascinating topic. It can be frustrating, too. When I started covering the space nearly 15 years ago, there was a sense that something big was looming, just over the horizon. But robotic...

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Apr 2023

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Clarence Thomas Spent So Much Time Interpreting The Law That He Was Too Busy To Follow It -- See Also

(Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)We All Had A Feeling Justice Thomas Was Under-Reporting Something: Turns out it was 20+ years of goodie bags.Client Service Matters...

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Apr 2023

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Swedish startup unveils first 'origami' e-motorcycle -- and EUR15K price tag

What do you get when you mix motorcycles with origami? The answer, dear reader, is the Stilride 1.The unique vehicle is the brainchild of Swedish startup Stilride. The company today unveiled the final...

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Apr 2023

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Conventional wisdom

If you'd told me five years ago that I would be flying to Chicago in March to attend a supply chain and logistics show, you would have been greeted by a momentary blank stare, followed by the image of...

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Mar 2023

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Morning Docket: 03.22.23

(Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)* Facebook tagged for trafficking. [Bloomberg]* Arkansas has now yanked child labor protections and introduced anti-trans bathroom laws if you want to know how things ...

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Mar 2023

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Atomic Heart impressions: Shock-ingly good shooting

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Note: Atomic Heart arrived to us in the middle of last week, with its embargo falling on a holiday Monday. What follows is not a full review but impressions of th...

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Feb 2023

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Rovers Are So Yesterday. It's Time to Send a Snakebot to Space

[photo1]Meghan HerbstIf the boxy Opportunity rover could elicit years of anthropomorphized love and goodwill, then surely Earthlings will warm to the idea of sending a snake-shaped robot to the moon. ...

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Feb 2023

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What Greek myths can teach us about the dangers of AI

We might think that the conception of robots, AI, and automated machines is a modern phenomenon, but, in fact, the idea had already appeared in Western literature nearly 3,000 years ago. Long before I...

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Jan 2023