Robots
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The Week Unwrapped: Parks, mindful robots and selfish vaccines
podcast Will offices give way to green spaces? Are robots on the verge of mastering empathy? And what’s gone wrong with the EU’s vaccine plan?
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‘Squid teeth’ could be used by US army for ‘self-repairing’ robots
Speed Read Military scientists hope cephalopods could also be the secret to building ‘self-fixing’ uniforms
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£20m robotic dolphin could replace captive animals
Speed Read Chinese ban on exotic creatures could see robot revolution
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This flying robot is light enough to 'land on a leaf'
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Scientists have been testing a new method of uterus transplants — and one of the recipients just gave birth
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Amazon creates ‘anti-robot vests’ to protect workers from droid collisions
Speed Read Hi-tech system is introduced a month after 24 workers are injured at one of the firm’s warehouses in the US
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Japanese robot hotel pulls plug on droid staff
In Depth More than half of the automated workforce has been fired following complaints
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CES 2019 tech round-up: Intel, Apple, Samsung and more
In Depth From 8K smart TVs to robots – the highlights from this year’s tech show
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Robots and ‘enhanced’ humans to fight future wars
Speed Read Defence secretary warns of growing threat to UK posed by new technology
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Russian military testing ‘super-soldier’ exoskeleton
Speed Read Motorised body armour ‘lets soldier fire a machine gun one-handed’
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A scuttle in the direction of C-3PO
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How a bionic penis works
In Depth British man born without ‘manhood’ gets £50,000 penile implant
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Robot traffic cones ‘will cut roadworks queues’
Speed Read Creators say remote-controlled bollards can move off motorways in less than a minute
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Can an AI programme become ‘psychopathic’?
In Depth The so-called Norman algorithm has a dark outlook on life thanks to Reddit
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