Robots

Delivery robots are coming. The law isn’t ready

Life was not made easy for the UK’s earliest motorists. Until 1896, road traffic laws were designed to favour horse-drawn…

Google’s Intrinsic could herald a new era of robots-as-a-service

Google is back in the robotics game with Intrinsic, a new spin-out that recently emerged from stealth mode promising to…

Trust in robots? UK project looks to build human-machine relationships

As robots in the world around us become more sophisticated, relationships between people and autonomous systems are growing in importance.…

Drones, Machine Learning Deployed to Help Tackle Toxic Sellafield Legacy

The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) has been making extensive use of drones as it works to clean up the toxic…

Boston Dynamics: Test Drive “Spot” On Your Construction Site

Robotics firm Boston Dynamics has teamed up with construction software specialist HoloBuilder to test the use of its latest robot,…

MoD Announces Huge “Autonomous Warrior” Military Robot Exercises

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has announced what it calls the biggest military robotics exercise in British history. The Autonomous Warrior…

CEOs Need to Make These Two Investment Decisions as Automation Gains Pace

Companies should bear two “crucial” investment decisions in mind as they prepare for the impact of automation on the world…

The Robots Come in Peace – With Coffee and Sandwiches

London-headquartered Starship Technologies says it is rolling out autonomous delivery services across Europe and the US, in what it describes…

Getting personal with AI – Ray Wang

The will they or won’t they debate surrounding robots replacing humans has caught the imagination of both business and consumer…

Will robots wipe out your town? Map of UK reveals future AI automation hotspots

Robots and AI – it’s the debate of the moment. Will robots put humans to the back of the dole…