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Driving Robots


People Are Reportedly Attacking Driverless Cars in California

Of Course Waymo Is Testing Self-Driving Trucks

Uber’s Autonomous Trucks Still Need a Human Touch

Uber self-driving trucks are now moving cargo for Uber Freight customers

Uber’s Self-Driving Trucks Hit the Highway, but Not Local Roads

Uber’s Self-Driving-Truck Scheme Hinges on Logistics, Not Tech

Waymo’s self-driving trucks are carrying cargo for … Google

Waymo and Google launch a self-driving truck pilot in Atlanta

Waymo’s self-driving trucks will start delivering freight in Atlanta

Uber may be planning to work with Waymo

UK kicks off driverless car law review to get tech on the road by 2021

Starsky Robotics raises a $16.5 million Series A for its self-driving trucks

Volkswagen’s SEDRIC self-driving bus is too cool for school

Lyft will put its self-driving cars to the test at a massive ex-military base in California

Self-Driving Cars Meet Their New Nemesis: Local Politicians

Renault’s EZ-GO robot taxi is the most socially responsible concept in Geneva

Flying Robots


Google Is Helping the Pentagon Build AI for Drones

The Defense Department is taking on ISIS with Google’s open-source AI software

Google Is Helping the Air Force Analyze Drone Footage With AI

Drone Swarms Are Going to Be Terrifying and Hard to Stop

Here’s drone footage of what Disney’s Star Wars Land looks like right now

Drone discovers 1.5 million penguins chilling on a few tiny islands

To spot fire damage from space, point this AI at satellite imagery

The DJI Mavic Pro drone just dropped to its lowest price ever

Rideable Robots


Segway’s rideable robot sidekick Loomo is now on Indiegogo

Robot Cops


Artificial intelligence could identify gang crimes – and ignite an ethical firestorm

Nobody Likes Airport Security, Here’s How AI and Video Can Fix That

Intelligo is using AI to make background checks relevant again

Robot Farmers


This Terrifying Robot Wolf Is Protecting the Crops of Japanese Farmers

This cauliflower-picking robot aims to make up for a shortage of human labor in the UK

Robot Pharmacologists


Atomwise, which uses AI to improve drug discovery, raises $45M Series A

Robot Programmers


AI can help spot coding mistakes before they happen

Robot Lawyers


A Rule of Persons, Not Machines: The Limits of Legal Automation

Restaurant Robots


Flippy the burger-making robot has started its shift

Flippy, the robot hamburger chef, goes to work

Robot Baristas


What regular Joes think about the one-armed robot baristas invading San Francisco

Google’s Robots


Google Researchers Are Learning How Machines Learn

Google used AI to sort millions of historical Life photos you can explore online

Facebook’s Robots


Facebook Robots May One Day Follow You Around At Home

Facebook Wants a Robot to Be Your Personal Photographer

Amazon’s Robots


Amazon has a fix for Alexa’s creepy laughs

Amazon adds follow-up mode for Alexa to let you make back-to-back requests

Levi’s Robots


Fashion 2.0: Levi’s “Distressed Look” Robot Is Better for the Environment

Boston Dynamics’ Robots


A Brief History of Boston Dynamics’ Future-Forward (And Surreal) Robots

Watch 1000s of Boston Dynamics SpotMinis in this Planet Earth-style video

Talking Robots


Our Bots, Ourselves

A New AI-Powered App Transcribes Your Conversations in Real-Time

Teaching Robots


Are AI-Powered Chatbot Tutors the Future of Textbooks?

Why humans learn faster than AI – for now

Explaining Robots


A new AI system can explain itself – twice

Knitting Robots


SkyKnit: How an AI Took Over an Adult Knitting Community

Hallucinating Robots


AI Has a Hallucination Problem That’s Proving Tough to Fix

Robot Insects


This robo-bug can improvise its walk like a real insect

Rubik’s Cube Robots


This robot can solve a Rubik’s Cube in .38 seconds

Fake News Robots


Who spreads fake news? On Twitter, humans are more likely culprits than bots, new study suggests

Chinese Robots


Inside the Chinese lab that plans to rewire the world with AI

Americans’ Robots


Most Americans are already using AI

“Good” Robots


How to Make A.I. That’s Good for People

Microsoft Co-Founder Invests in Pursuit for AI Common Sense

Humans vs Robots


Humans who attack robots

Robots Are Coming For Your Data


Your Data Is Crucial to a Robotic Age. Shouldn’t You Be Paid for It?

Startup to Use AI to Improve Workplace Communication, but Will Probably Just Sell Your Data

Robots Are Coming For Your Jobs


Most Americans See Artificial Intelligence as a Threat to Jobs (Just Not Theirs)

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