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Dive Brief: A portion of a $2 million National Science Foundation grant to the University of Michigan will look at whether robots could be used as assistants to human workers on construction sites.  Working with machines and technology from Germany-based manufacturer KUKA, the project aims to allow human workers to…

Space can be ruthless and unforgiving, which is why Starfield’s adorable robot companion VASCO will make interplanetary travel less lonely. On Tuesday, Bethesda Game Studios released a behind-the-scenes trailer detailing VASCO, one of Starfield’s new companion characters. VASCO is an expeditionary robot that’ll aid you while traversing the stars.  This…

3 minute read 5/4/2022 | 08:10pm Rangers boss Gio van Bronckhorst could be on his way to having a very busy summer at Ibrox if he fails to win the title. Failure to secure the league title would suggest that the squad is not in the right place to dominate…

A byte-sized introduction. A new behind the scenes video for Starfield has been revealed, with robot companion VASCO taking centre stage. In this video, shared by IGN, Starfield lead artist Istvan Pely introduces us all to one of his "favourite campanions in the game". Here, Pely states VASCO is a…

by Andrew Rush — April 4, 2022 llustration of (On-Orbit Servicing, Manufacturing and Assembly-2. Credit: Redwire Illustration of the On-Orbit Servicing, Manufacturing and Assembly-2 spacecraft. Credit: Redwire The benefits of in-space servicing, assembly, and manufacturing (ISAM) have long been championed. From satellite refueling, to recycling of orbital debris, to increasing…

Roborock If you’ve been perusing online shops for a robot vacuum, today you’re in luck. Amazon is selling the Roborock S5 Max for $380, which is down from a usual price around $550 and a savings of $170. It’s not clear how long this sale will last. The vacuum is…

Robotics company Boston Dynamics is making one of its latest robots more generally commercially available: a mobile, autonomous arm called Stretch. Stretch is outfitted with a vacuum gripping arm able to move a wide variety of box types and sizes, up to 50 pounds (≈22.7kg). Its footprint is about that…

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Workers in Staten Island, New York, have voted to form the first union inside an Amazon warehouse in the United States. The election, conducted by the National Labor Relations Board, saw a vote count of 2,654 in favor and 2,131 against. If the board certifies the results, employees at the…

Photo: Zapp2Photo (Shutterstock) Artificial intelligence (AI) is invading every aspect of our lives. So much is ruled by algorithms you could make the case that the robot uprising has already occurred and we lost, and lost badly. Robots decide what song plays next, robots recommend TV shows, and robots are…