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The orderly zipping around the hospital may be a robot

February 23, 2016

A hospital robot, called a Tug, enters the kitchen of the UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital in San Francisco. — Heidi de Marco/KHN

At UCSF hospital, robots drop off meals, pick up trash and save money

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A giant robot that shoots ... T-shirts?

July 31, 2015

Molly Wood sits in the gunner seat of the Mk. II MegaBot. — Dan Szematowicz/Marketplace

Could fighting exoskeletons be the future of sports entertainment?

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The state of the market for consumer robots

By Molly Wood and Jenny Ament

July 31, 2015

Yaretzi Bernal, 6, gets a hug from Pepper, the emotional robot on display during the finals of the DARPA Robotics Challenge at the Fairplex in Pomona, California, in June. — MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images

Take me to your housekeeper.

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Ex Machina imagines a robot indistinguishable from man

April 09, 2015

(L - R) Domhnall Gleeson, Alicia Vikander, and Oscar Isaac in the film poster for "Ex Machina" — Ex Machina

Questioning the implications of an autonomous robot with director Alex Garland.

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Betting big on the future of drones

March 09, 2015

NICOLAS MAETERLINCK/AFP/Getty Images

CyPhy Works CEO Helen Greiner has big plans for flying robots.

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An argument for a federal robotics commission

October 13, 2014

A robot performs during the opening ceremony on the eve of the start of the 2014 CeBIT technology trade fair on March 9, 2014 in Hanover, central Germany. — John MacDougall/AFP/Getty Images

Robotics and A.I. are challenging to govern. Should we leave it to the experts?

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Beyond bookshelves: Meet your public library's robots

October 10, 2014

Nancy the Robot hangs out at her new public library home in Westport, Connecticut. — Courtesy of Westport Library

The Westport, Ct. library has two robots that patrons can learn how to program.

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Not just another "chick with a ukulele"

May 06, 2014

Merrill Garbus of tUnE-yArDs — Holly Andres

Merrill Garbus of tUnE-yArDs finds the human side of drum machines on "Nikki Nack."

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Robo... traffic cop?

March 26, 2014

A traffic robot cop on Triomphal boulevard of Kinshasa at the crossing of Asosa, Huileries and Patrice Lubumba streets — Junior D. Kannah/AFP/Getty Images

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, two large robots have been installed to control traffic

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