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A child sits opposite a fluffy blue robot companion on a desk

Technology

Kids can pick up attitude from robots they play and learn with

Children using a companion robot to help solve puzzles or listen to them tell stories tried harder when it was programmed to have a can-do attitude

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Technology

How to build better sex robots: stop making them look human

Insight

visitors looking at iCub

Technology

Science Museum’s Robots: Who is really pulling the strings?

Culture

Robotic bee could help pollinate crops as real bees decline

Life

Robotic bee could help pollinate crops as real bees decline

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Westworld robot dip

Technology

Robot skin senses warm bodies like a snake locating nearby prey

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Legs showing exosuit

Technology

Stretchy robotic suit reduces energy used to walk by 23 per cent

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ELLiQ robot

Technology

Home robot to nudge older people to stay social and active

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car race track

Technology

Racing robot cars will help AI learn to adapt to the real world

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Paralysed man eating with robotic exoskeleton

Technology

Robotic hand exoskeleton lets quadriplegic people use cutlery

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Life

The world in 2076: Machines outsmart us but we're still on top

Great thinkers have long feared the "technological singularity", in which the machines we designed run rings around us. Here's why it probably won't happen

Features

Technology

Robot surgeon can slice eyes finely enough to remove cataracts

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Technology

What is it like to be a bot? The strange world of telerobotics

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Technology

Soft robot with a mouth and gut can forage for its own food

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Humans

Exploring the uncanny valley: Why almost-human is creepy

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