Empowering Young Women Through Robotics: Shalynn Slozer
Shalynn Slozer talks to Radio Camper, Jessi Denny, about empowering young women to enter the field of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
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Scholars Delve Deeper Into The Ethics Of Artificial Intelligence
What happens when you make robots that are smart, independent thinkers — and then try to limit their autonomy? A $10 million gift is aimed at answering such questions at Carnegie Mellon University.
Our Robot Overlords Are Now Delivering Pizza, And Cooking It On The Go
A Silicon Valley start-up wants to use technology to solve the pizza paradox. It's a food that's meant to be delivered, but never tastes quite as good upon arrival.
A Robot That Harms: When Machines Make Life Or Death Decisions
An artist has designed a robot that purposefully defies Isaac Asimov's law that "a robot may not harm humanity" — to bring urgency to the discussion about self-driving and other smart technology.
Presidential Campaigns Are Talking Around The Robot In The Room
Candidates are talking about taxes and trade, but not about the tsunami: the massive wave of automation that will transform the workplace.
In An Apparent First, Police Used A Robot To Kill
Dallas police used a bomb-disposal robot to deliver explosives to a suspected gunman, killing him. Experts say robots aren't new to law enforcement but this use was unprecedented.
WATCH: 'Robot Flies' Learn To Stick The Landing
Researchers have created tiny robots that can perch on surfaces, which could someday make them useful for communications and surveillance.
London Museum Hopes To Reboot Eric, Britain's First Robot
They have the technology. Now they need the money. The Science Museum has launched a Kickstarter campaign to rebuild Eric, who wowed audiences after he was created in 1928 — and then vanished.
Weighing The Good And The Bad Of Autonomous Killer Robots In Battle
It sounds like science fiction, but it's a very real and contentious debate that is making its way through the U.N. Advocates of a ban want all military weapons to be under "meaningful human control."
These Earth-Saving Robots Might Be The Future Recyclers
Apple recently unveiled Liam, a robot with 29 arms that takes apart iPhones so materials can be recycled and reused. As we accumulate more waste, recycling robots like Liam might become more common.