Scientists have taken a major step toward developing robot biologists. They have shown that their system, the Automated Biology Explorer, can solve a complicated biology problem from scratch.

The algorithm provides real-time feedback via the score based upon the robot's movements. Movements that bring the robot closer to completing the task will score higher than those that do not.

Climate-friendly policies are getting caught in the crossfire between labor unions and tech.

Folks blessed with a soft touch seem to have no problem getting to grips with delicate objects, but it can be a tough ask for robots. Researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of ...

The problems with all this worrying about the robots coming to take all our jobs are really about people not understanding the economic points about employment, jobs and so on.

And another robotics startup, named Kindred, is tackling the problem by having robots hand off to remote VR operators whenever they get stuck.

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As robotics platforms and artificial intelligence continue to improve, it’s likely we’ll see a flurry of complex problems like these solved by machine instead of by human.

The robot carrying out the algorithm is named BRETT (Berkley Robot of the Elimination of Tedious Tasks), and it is a PR2 robot from Willow Garage.

At the sprawling auto-parts factory, while working in the male-dominated industry of robot technicians, Wanda Holbrook was in a league of her own. The 57-year-old Grand Rapids woman had a ...