Top news of the week: 02.06.2021.
Robotics
A New Era of Social Robots
Can robots be socially and emotionally intelligent? Embodied, Inc. is a company I’m super excited about to serve this objective.
The new IIT’s “Robot Teleoperativo” (teleoperation robot)
The new IIT’s “Robot Teleoperativo” (teleoperation robot)
The 9 Best Portable Grills You Can Buy
We barbecued for weeks to find the right charcoal and propane gas grills for your home or that you can lug to the beach, park, or campsite.
The path to more human-like robot object manipulation skills
What if a robot could organize your closet or chop your vegetables? A sous chef in every home could someday be a reality.
From Warranty Voids to Uprising Advocacy: Human Action and the Perceived Moral Patiency of Social Robots
Moral status can be understood along two dimensions: moral agency [capacities to be and do good (or bad)] and moral patiency (extents to which entities are objects of moral concern), where ...
Chinese AI startup MegaRobo raises $65m from Matrix Partners, Sinovation, others
The funding round was led by Hong Kong-listed pharma giant WuXi AppTec. Bosch Venture Capital, and Joy Capital also participated.
The best strategy games you can play right now
While the genre is undoubtedly best suited to the PC, there’s a lot to keep console players busy, too