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New Generation Of Home Robots Have Gentle Touch - July 14, 2008

ScienceDaily (July 14, 2008) Who doesn’t long for household help at times? Service robots will soon be able to relieve us of heavy, dirty, monotonous or irksome tasks. Research scientists have now presented a new generation of household robots, the “Care-O-bot® 3”. (Read more at ScienceDaily at the link below.) Reference: sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080710113026.htm Read More

Would you leave your child with a robot? - June 5, 2008

A leading robotics expert at the University of Sheffield will raise the alarm about a new generation of childcare robots being developed in Japan and tested in American schools, at the Cheltenham Science Festival today (Thursday 5 June 2008). Professor Noel Sharkey will discuss a number of ethical issues linked to the near-future applications of robots such as childcare, as well as care for the […] Read More