These devices tend to involve female humanoid forms, raising red flags and reminding us of the lamentable tendency to pursue "substitutes" for women in their unique nurturing dimensions.

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A 2025 California start-up’s robotic transfer system, guided by virtual reality, achieved 45% pregnancy success versus 30% manually, per early data. But challenges persist ...

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Delivery service DoorDash has unveiled a new autonomous delivery robot called Dot, which was developed entirely in-house and is currently rolling out early access testing in one state. This bug-like ...

The hype around delivery robots has fizzled, but DoorDash is still determined to launch Dot, an adorable red bot. It can ride on roads and in bike lanes, where it will face daunting challenges. When ...

Construction robots have been around for a while, automating challenging tasks on job sites. The new kid on this block is called Charlotte, and it's billed as being autonomously capable of building a ...

Sept. 30 (UPI) --DoorDash on Tuesday unveiled its new autonomous delivery robot: Dot. It's the "first commercial autonomous delivery robot to seamlessly navigate bike lanes, roads, and sidewalks, and ...

Proponents suggest supervisors could gain political capital by passing the ordinance instead of sending it to voters. If the measure passes, the county's registrar of voters anticipates legal ...

Science fiction is often used to illustrate current problems. So, this movie seems to be a modern retelling of the story of the land of Cockaigne. And like the medieval stories it heavy-handedly ...

China is the world’s most dominant power in automating its manufacturing — installing nearly 10 times as many robots in its factories as the United States, according to new data. Last year, more than ...

“I didn’t think it was a big deal," said kindergarten teacher Jadira Bonilla Abigail Adams is a Human Interest Writer and Reporter for PEOPLE. She has been working in journalism for seven years. A ...