Armed Robot

Key point: A drone tank that can help with sea invasions sounds dangerous, but how good is Beijing's technology? So far, China's claims sound just too grandiose. China has unveiled what it claims is the worlds first armed robot amphibious vehicle. The Marin…

Bruce Berger | A Desert Harvest | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | March 2019 | 25 minutes (4,980 words) As Mars was once thought to be, Phoenix is crisscrossed by canals. Except for what remains of its desert setting, canals may be Phoenixs most distinguishing f…

Uncertainty about our preferences may be key, as demonstrated by the off-switch game, a formal model of the problem involving Harriet the human and Robbie the robot. Robbie is deciding whether to act on Harriets behalf whether to book her a nice but expensive…

In this episode, our interviewer Audrow Nash speaks to Gil Weinberg, Professor in Georgia Techs School of Music and the founding director of the Georgia Tech Center for Music Technology. Weinberg leads a research lab called the Robotic Musicianship group, whi…

In this episode, our interviewer Audrow Nash speaks to Gil Weinberg, Professor in Georgia Techs School of Music and the founding director of the Georgia Tech Center for Music Technology. Weinberg leads a research lab called the Robotic Musicianship group, whi…

Ford has announced that it is purchasing a new two-legged, two-armed robot produced by Agility Robotics, which the car-maker hopes will soon be walking around neighborhoods carrying parcels from the delivery vehicle right up to your door.  Going by the name …

One overcast day in February 2016, a massive police motorcade coursed through Pittsburgh. Hundreds of officers mourned one of their ownOfficer Aren, a five-year-old German Shepherd, a four-year veteran of the citys Port Authority force. The dog had died from…