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Uber Eats launches robot delivery service in Tokyo
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opinion
Why are restaurants increasingly using robots to prepare my food?
Gus Carlson
report on business
Humanoid robots are here, but they’re a little awkward. Do we really need them?
Agility Robotics' robot Digit performs maneuvers at the company's office in Pittsburgh, Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2023. Agility co-founder Jonathan Hurst makes a point of describing Agility's warehouse robot Digit as human-centric, not humanoid, a distinction meant to emphasize what it does over what it's trying to be. (AP Photo/Matt Freed)
mobility
From an autonomous snowplow to a robot that helps clear bike lanes, mobility tech on display in Ottawa
The technology on this Four DRobotics vehicle could be integrated onto a snowplow, making it drive autonomously.
canada
Canada’s manufacturing sector seeks to reduce ‘repetitive labour’ through AI
People attend the 2019 Canadian Manufacturing Technology Show in a handout photo. Artificial intelligence and increased automation can help lessen the load for workers at a time when Canada faces a labour shortage in the construction and manufacturing sector. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Canadian Manufacturing Technology Show-Marcus Oleniuk **MANDATORY CREDIT**
report on business
UN tech agency rolls out human-looking robots for questions at a Geneva news conference
Humanoid robot Sophia is pictured during the ITU's AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva, Switzerland, Wednesday, July 5 2023. Artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics innovators and their high-tech creations will join diplomats, industry executives, academics, policy-makers, and UN partners in Geneva from July 6-7 for ITU's AI for Good Global Summit. (Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP)
international business
Quiet effort under way to use robots to sew blue jeans
world
Tesla previews humanoid robot, but Musk cautions it is not ready just yet
international business
Elon Musk faces skeptics as Tesla gets ready to unveil ‘Optimus’ robot
science
OK Google, get me a Coke: AI giant demos soda-fetching robots
alberta
‘It’s not science fiction’: Calgary researchers working on rescue robots for disasters
u.s. business
North American firms order record number of robots in 2021 amid increased demand, labour shortages
life
How robots can make aging in place more enjoyable
investment ideas
Musk’s bets on Tesla: no human drivers this year, robots next
advisor etfs
Robots prove their value as the pandemic spurs growth in automation
opinion
Portraying a robot on stage allows us to explore what it is to be human
Jacob Berkowitz
technology
Rent-a-robot: Silicon Valley’s new answer to the labour shortage in smaller U.S. factories
international business
Tesla likely to launch humanoid robot prototype next year, Elon Musk says
world
Are robotic police dogs useful hounds or dehumanizing machines?
canada
New underwater glider to help scientists track movements of endangered right whales
world
Can robots offset China’s population decrease?
books
Literacy in the pandemic: We asked kids to tell us about their favourite books
road sage
What Elon Musk’s SNL appearance and a Domino’s robot can tell us about the automobile in 2021
Andrew Clark
Andrew Clark
world
Indonesia says 53 crew of lost submarine are dead, wreckage found
opinion
Steel resolve: A hands-off approach to investment gains
Biff Matthews and Doug McCutcheon
report on business
How BrainBox AI thought outside the box to thrive during the pandemic