robotics

Robots could help solve social care crisis, say academics

Posted in Hardware on 31st Jan, 2017
by Alex Muller

Humanoid robots, with cultural awareness and a good bedside manner, could help solve the crisis over care for the elderly, academics say.

Manufacturing jobs are finally returning to North Americafor robots

Posted in Hardware on 28th Jan, 2017
by Alex Muller

Automation threatens jobs on every continent.

51% of all job tasks could be automated by today's technology

Posted in Hardware on 25th Jan, 2017
by Alex Muller

A new report from McKinsey finds that the future of work and automation isnt quite the zero-sum game when it comes to jobs as some perceive.

U.S. investors see more automation, not jobs, under Trump

Posted in Business on 22nd Jan, 2017
by Alex Muller

Swapping robots and software for human labour has underpinned much of the productivity gains in the United States over the last 25 years.

The Tiny Robots Revolutionizing Eye Surgery

Posted in Medicine on 21st Jan, 2017
by Alex Muller

Machines that are capable of making precise operations inside the human eye will make it possible to perform entirely new procedures.