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AI and robots used to enable faster detection of UTIs

Researchers from both Edinburgh University and Heriot-Watt University are working on the project.

The Independent UK

San Francisco Votes To Allow Killer Robots

Plus: Same-sex marriage bill passes Senate, Montana "mountain man" takes property rights case to SCOTUS, and more...

Reason

Police approve use of killer robots equipped with explosives to 'incapacitate' suspects

Despite a tense debate, an oversight board has granted permission for San Francisco police to use robots to deliver explosives in dangerous emergency situations

Daily Mirror

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San Francisco police given power to use killer robots

The decision to approve the use of the remote-controlled equipment followed a two-hour emotionally charged debate.

Al Jazeera

San Francisco may allow police to deploy robots that kill

The Democratic San Francisco Board of Supervisors could allow police to use potentially lethal, remote-controlled robots in emergency situations

The Independent UK

San Francisco considers allowing law enforcement robots to use lethal force

From sci-fi to the streets, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors considers a policy proposal on whether the San Francisco Police Department can use robots as a deadly force.

WEKU

Robots Don't Kill People (at Least Not Yet); People Use Robots to Kill People

San Francisco is considering authorizing its police department to sometimes use remote-controlled robots to kill: The robot might deliver a bombs or a grenade, or perhaps might even include a remote-controlled firearm (though I'm not sure which options would be available at the outset). This has been reported with headlines…

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The Amazon warehouse with thousands of robots next door to Manchester Airport

The processes and technology taking from order to delivery blew our mind on our behind-the-scenes tour of this warehouse

Manchester Evening News

Human-free farms could solve a major food problem

After decades of research, robots are finally starting to take over farms — it isn't clear how human workers will be affected.

Inverse

San Francisco police propose using robots capable of ‘deadly force’

City’s board of supervisors to consider proposal involving remote-controlled devices

The Guardian - US

Robocop becomes reality as San Francisco police approve killer robots

Police can now legally deploy droids with lethal force.

Evening Standard

Artemis: why it may be the last mission for Nasa astronauts

Neil Armstrong took his historic “one small step” on the Moon in 1969. And just three years later, the last Apollo astronauts left our celestial neighbour. Since then, hundreds of astronauts have been launched into space but mainly to the Earth-orbiting International Space Station. None has, in fact, ventured more…

The Conversation

Robots could bring in $4.5bn for NSW

Harnessing new technology from robotics to renewable energy could turbo charge NSW coffers by up to $4.5 billion in the next 13 years, a report has found.

AAP

Bangkok conference examines the future of robotics

Universal Robots, a leader in collaborative robots, or cobots, is hosting "Collaborate APAC 2022", the largest such conference in the Asia Pacific region, at The Athenee Hotel, Witthayu Road, tomorrow from 9am to 5pm.

Bangkok Post

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The Guardian - UK

‘Part of the kill chain’: how can we control weaponised robots?

From armed robot dogs to target-seeking drones, the use of artificial intelligence in warfare presents ethical dilemmas that urgently need addressing

The Guardian - US

Power-hungry robots, space colonization, cyborgs: inside the bizarre world of ‘longtermism’

Sam Bankman-Fried said his billions would save the world – but his philanthropic ideas ranged from the worthy to the severely outlandish

Daily Mirror

Army of spider robots designed to sneak through pipes may soon be crawling in your home

Known as SPD1, the army of spider robots have been designed by the firm to crawl through underground pipes in Japan after a lack of workers willing to do the dirty work

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Robots that mimic handwriting, holiday food drives, and many calls. Real estate agents go after clients in a slower market

PHILADELPHIA — Over the last two months, Darlene E. Jamison, team leader of the RE/MAX-affiliated Jamison Team, has been sending more texts and making more calls. She and her husband, Kevin, are "planting the seeds" by asking past clients to keep them in mind for future moves and trying to…

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Axios

Amazon can't get enough human workers — so here come the robots

Amazon is rolling out an army of new, smarter warehouse robots.

Reason

The End of Astronauts: Should We Send Robots to Space Instead?

Robots don't get cabin fever, develop cancer from cosmic radiation, miss their families, or go insane.

The Guardian - US

Amazon enters the age of robots. What does that mean for its workers?

People have predicted robots will destroy the labour market, but Amazon believes investment in robotics could create jobs

Evening Standard

Sarina Wiegman to rotate Lionesses squad as World Cup looms in busy calendar: ‘They are not robots’

England boss Sarina Wiegman says her players are “not robots” and she will look to rotate her side in the build-up to next year’s World Cup to keep the Lionesses fresh.

The Guardian - UK

Watch out for snowball-firing robots! 25 of the best UK stage shows this Christmas

Ian McKellen in Mother Goose, Robin Hood as a rock’n’roll panto, a circus spin on The Little Prince and glitter galore … it’s our selection box of festive theatre

Bangkok Post

Why 'Self-Driving' Vehicles Will Still Need a Human Minder

The delivery drivers of the future may not leave a package at your door. Instead, they'll be sitting several miles or even time zones away in a control room overseeing a fleet of delivery robots or drones.

Zenger

Fish Look Down When They Swim, Now Scientists Think They Know Why

This discovery could lead to the development of artificial vision systems and sophisticated bio-inspired robots.

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