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Human-Centered Robots
When it comes to dangerous, dull, and dirty jobs, the goal is to automate as much as possible. For some robots, though, the plan is to have robots help without taking over the entire job. Think about early cake mixes. By now, most Americans have never even eaten a from-scratch homemade cake. Cake mixes are... […]
#Robotmanicure Just Like Clockwork
Last year, we wrote about Clockwork, a company that was working on a robot manicurist. Other companies were racing toward market readiness at the same time, but now we see that Clockwork has outflanked the others and gotten their robot manicurists into Target. Would you let a robot do your nails? The robot manicurists don’t... […]
Ethics and Robots
Science fiction writer Isaac Asimov established a set of rules known as The Three Laws of Robotics. A robot may not hurt a human, or allow a human to be harmed A robot must obey human given orders, except when those orders would violate the first law. A robot must protect its existence, except when... […]