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@planetrobotics shared
On Jan 26, 2020
RT @RobotList: Today in History 1921: The word 'Robot' enters the English language - Boing Boing https://t.co/HakesXDQnc
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Today in History 1921: The word 'Robot' enters the English language

On January 25, 1921 the Czech play Rossum’s Universal Robots premiered, entering the word into the Science Fiction vocabulary. Wikipedia: R.U.R. is a 1920 science fiction play by the Czech wr…

@planetrobotics shared
On Jan 26, 2020
RT @RobotList: Today in History 1921: The word 'Robot' enters the English language - Boing Boing https://t.co/HakesXDQnc
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Today in History 1921: The word 'Robot' enters the English language

Today in History 1921: The word 'Robot' enters the English language

On January 25, 1921 the Czech play Rossum’s Universal Robots premiered, entering the word into the Science Fiction vocabulary. Wikipedia: R.U.R. is a 1920 science fiction play by the Czech ...

@singularityu shared
On Jan 23, 2020
This is what happens when #AI meets #biology—living bots. https://t.co/xIMNemPH6J
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Not Bot, Not Beast: Scientists Create First Ever Living, Programmable Organism

Xenobots are less than 1 millimeter long and are made of 500-1,000 living cells. Using their own cellular energy, they can live up to 10 days.

@singularityu shared
On Jan 23, 2020
This is what happens when #AI meets #biology—living bots. https://t.co/xIMNemPH6J
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Not Bot, Not Beast: Scientists Create First Ever Living, Programmable Organism

Not Bot, Not Beast: Scientists Create First Ever Living, Programmable Organism

Xenobots are less than 1 millimeter long and are made of 500-1,000 living cells. Using their own cellular energy, they can live up to 10 days.

@j2bryson shared
On Jan 30, 2020
@SurviveThrive2 @David_Gunkel @BoganiRonny @NoelSharkey https://t.co/IsigOokW5C people WANT that to be identical, because they don’t want to acknowledge their ownership by / debt to our shared phylogeny, including their individual genome. We will never construct real peers /equivalents out of other materials. 1/2
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Robots are more like novels than children

artificial and natural intelligence, including politics, art, and higher education

@j2bryson shared
On Jan 30, 2020
@SurviveThrive2 @David_Gunkel @BoganiRonny @NoelSharkey https://t.co/IsigOokW5C people WANT that to be identical, because they don’t want to acknowledge their ownership by / debt to our shared phylogeny, including their individual genome. We will never construct real peers /equivalents out of other materials. 1/2
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Robots are more like novels than children

Robots are more like novels than children

artificial and natural intelligence, including politics, art, and higher education

@ylecun shared
On Jan 25, 2020
RT @erikbryn: Here's my interview with Bloomberg @business about the technology productivity paradox, climate change and carbon taxes. via @mit_ide #2MA #ClimateChange #productivity https://t.co/Ofs7HlygnQ https://t.co/CVB1PRXBiy
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Erik Brynjolfsson Talks Taxes at the World Economic Forum

The tech sector’s impact on the global economy was the topic of this interview at Davos

@ylecun shared
On Jan 25, 2020
RT @erikbryn: Here's my interview with Bloomberg @business about the technology productivity paradox, climate change and carbon taxes. via @mit_ide #2MA #ClimateChange #productivity https://t.co/Ofs7HlygnQ https://t.co/CVB1PRXBiy
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Erik Brynjolfsson Talks Taxes at the World Economic Forum

Erik Brynjolfsson Talks Taxes at the World Economic Forum

The tech sector’s impact on the global economy was the topic of this interview at Davos

@RethinkRobotics shared
On Jan 3, 2020
Do you think "soft robots" will be the next step of friendly #robot design? The @MIT sees this technology as a promise for advanced #robotics: https://t.co/2Nk12vGgJq
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How to design and control robots with stretchy, flexible bodies

Optimizing soft robots to perform specific tasks is a huge computational problem, but a new model can help.

@RethinkRobotics shared
On Jan 3, 2020
Do you think "soft robots" will be the next step of friendly #robot design? The @MIT sees this technology as a promise for advanced #robotics: https://t.co/2Nk12vGgJq
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How to design and control robots with stretchy, flexible bodies

How to design and control robots with stretchy, flexible bodies

Optimizing soft robots to perform specific tasks is a huge computational problem, but a new model can help.

@sciam shared
On Jan 27, 2020
RT @sophiebushwick: Several companies are hoping to fill sidewalks with delivery robots. @jeremyhsu wrote about some of them for @sciam last year: https://t.co/TRsCugHJ7Y https://t.co/Ide0Su9yOj
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Out of the Way, Human! Delivery Robots Want a Share of Your Sidewalk

As automated delivery ramps up, cities must decide how to make the best use of public spaces

@sciam shared
On Jan 27, 2020
RT @sophiebushwick: Several companies are hoping to fill sidewalks with delivery robots. @jeremyhsu wrote about some of them for @sciam last year: https://t.co/TRsCugHJ7Y https://t.co/Ide0Su9yOj
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Out of the Way, Human! Delivery Robots Want a Share of Your Sidewalk

Out of the Way, Human! Delivery Robots Want a Share of Your Sidewalk

As automated delivery ramps up, cities must decide how to make the best use of public spaces

@PeterDiamandis shared
On Jan 28, 2020
RT @katiecouric: Today in Wake-Up call, space entrepreneur @PeterDiamandis & peak performance expert @steven_kotler take us through some of the many ways technology is rapidly developing - which is the subject of their new book, "The Future is Faster Than You Think." https://t.co/LpXg1dbi5B
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How Tech Will Transform The World in 10 Years

Peter Diamandis and Steven Kotler on everything from flying cars to health care

@PeterDiamandis shared
On Jan 28, 2020
RT @katiecouric: Today in Wake-Up call, space entrepreneur @PeterDiamandis & peak performance expert @steven_kotler take us through some of the many ways technology is rapidly developing - which is the subject of their new book, "The Future is Faster Than You Think." https://t.co/LpXg1dbi5B
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How Tech Will Transform The World in 10 Years

How Tech Will Transform The World in 10 Years

Peter Diamandis and Steven Kotler on everything from flying cars to health care

@RoboticBusiness shared
On Jan 28, 2020
Check Out How #Blockchain and #AI Can Help #Robotics Technologies. Learn How Efficiencies Can Be Added With These Innovations - https://t.co/SNlxb056Vm https://t.co/TG6BBEVcbH
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How Blockchain and AI Can Help Robotics Technologies

Blockchain, combined with artificial intelligence, can merge to create new opportunities for advanced robotics applications and help secure data.

@RoboticBusiness shared
On Jan 28, 2020
Check Out How #Blockchain and #AI Can Help #Robotics Technologies. Learn How Efficiencies Can Be Added With These Innovations - https://t.co/SNlxb056Vm https://t.co/TG6BBEVcbH
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How Blockchain and AI Can Help Robotics Technologies

How Blockchain and AI Can Help Robotics Technologies

Blockchain, combined with artificial intelligence, can merge to create new opportunities for advanced robotics applications and help secure data.

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