In what is probably the most large-scale and visible replacement of human workers with robots, Tawainese-based gadget maker Foxconn has announced that it will supplant its human workforce with one million robots over the next three years.
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Category Archives: Robots
Largest gadget maker to replace workers with 1 million robots
Posted by admin on August 1, 2011
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Researchers create electronic tongue that can ID different wines
Posted by admin on July 28, 2011
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Soon, you’ll be able to go to all those wonderful wine tasting events you’ve been excluded from, because you couldn’t tell the difference between Chianti and Chardonnay. An electronic tongue will do the hard work for you.
Researchers at …
Crazy DIY wheelchair elevator lowers paraplegic out window
Posted by admin on July 25, 2011
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Name a couple of athletes that have defied odds? Jackie Robinson, Lance Armstrong and Venus Williams are just a few that come to mind. Dmitriy Bibikow is another. A former mountaineer and sky diver, now crippled paraplegic, Bibikow waited six years for…
Oh good, a robotic octopus tentacle
Posted by admin on July 21, 2011
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Here’s the latest robot set to invade your nightmares/dystopian future: the robo-octopus tentacle.
Apparently, there are some scientists out there looking to build a real-deal robotic octopus. Obviously, having decent robotic tentacles w…
Modified Roomba warns you of polluted air in room
Posted by admin on July 18, 2011
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Oh, little Roomba, is there nothing you can’t do? You clean floors and you paint psychedelic LED light art. Who are you really? And since when did you learn how to detect air pollution?
A team of researchers at the Public La…
BBC-sanctioned mutant robot invasion unveiled in London
Posted by admin on July 14, 2011
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