ROBOTS

“We wanted people to consider if it is possible to be blessed by a machine, or if a human being is needed.”

As robots replace people and the tax base shrinks, should businesses pay taxes (payroll, social security) on robot workers?

Advances in artificial intelligence are driving wider adoption of conversational AI and turning over more mundane customer service functions to chatbots.

It might seem ridiculous right now, but it might become completely possible in the future.

Tesla workers were reportedly passing out at the company's factory, suggesting pressure over meeting production goals.

Genesis Robotics hopes to change the way robots are made with its LiveDrive actuator. The company says its design allows machines to withstand more weight, be more precise, are faster and safer. While it may change industrial robotics, the goal is to bring it to consumers to "really change people's lives."

These are some of the big players leading the way in AI research.

There is an assumption that humans can be automatically conceived, survive gestation in a machine, and be born and raised to live an independent life.

The technology, developed by researchers at the University of Minnesota, could also be applied in the future to printing electronics on human skin.

Russia is developing a new spaceship of its own -- a very interesting spaceship.

Though robots are getting more involved in factory work, their dexterity is not nearly as impressive as humans'.

Technology doesn’t speak Icelandic, so it’s in danger of being lost to history.

Manufacturing businesses are beginning to integrate robotics, automation and other data-driven technologies into their workflows.

Robots are going where no man has gone before: into an underwater volcano that is constantly erupting and absolutely filthy with sharks.

If we are going to find aliens in our solar system, we might have a better shot exploring moons rather than other planets.

Policy makers are worried about automation and if smarter robots will take your jobs, but GE's CEO says these concerns are too early to worry about.

A fleet of robots that could one day travel to other planets and moons looking for aliens are packed with tools like buzzsaws and catapults.

Researchers took into account "the creation of jobs in other industries and occupations" in their calculation of the damage to the labor force.

Robots sent in to collect vital information at the nuclear power plant are failing in their mission, according to a nuclear watchdog.

Jobs most at risk to be replaced by automation in the study included transport, manufacturing, and wholesale and retail.

The reading of 11 sieverts per hour is considered to be the highest radiation level detected in the water inside the containment vessel and can kill a human being in 40 minutes of exposure.