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Humanoid robot
A humanoid robot is a robot based on the general structure of a human being.
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Bossy: Artificial, intelligent and female
The default voice of most digital assistants is female. Is this the cliché of the subservient woman?
Made in Germany - Artificial Intelligence
Companies are working to develop a new world in which machines could do everything that humans can.
CEBIT: Techies ponder jobs and cybersecurity
While some at CEBIT sound optimistic about the data-driven digital revolution, others warn about its negative impact.
CEBIT aims to stay relevant
In a desperate bid to secure its future and reinvent itself, Europe's biggest digital tech expo is trying a new format.
Hyperweeder agricultural robot
The Hyperweeder robot zaps the growing-tips of weeds with a miniature laser cannon.
Can robots kill glyphosate?
An agricultural robot that kills weeds with lasers is in development.
Inside Europe 31.05.2018
Ireland’s historic vote on abortion – Germany’s asylum scandal – Board games and social change in the former Soviet Union – Ramadan where the sun never sets – The tumbling lira and Turkey’s elections – Far-right attacks on the rise in Greece – The robot breaking the isolation of sick children – Do cartoon characters promote childhood obesity? - Organic sounds with Vienna's Vegetable Orchestra.
Can artificial intelligence be free of bias?
As AI becomes ubiquitous, rights groups have called on decision-makers to address the risks of algorithmic bias.
Hanover Fair: Where humans meet machines
The world's largest industrial fair in Hanover shows us a future where humans and machines must work closer together.
Hanover Trade Fair eases robot fears
The Hanover Messe is once again full of robots — but they're no longer being seen as the job-killers of the future
Africa Link on Air - 24 April 2018
Nurses in Zimbabwe resume work as their lawyers go to court challenging sacking+++CAR new initiative to curb conflicts
Robots reach deeper into industry in Hanover
The robots are back, and they're even more networked. Steven Beardsley reports from the Hanover industry fair.
First unmanned bank opens its doors in China
The first unmanned bank in China: the fully automated Shanghai branch of China Construction Bank has opened its doors.
Value of free trade in focus at Hanover fair
DW's Steven Beardsley tells us more about why the value of free trade is being debated at the Hanover tech fair.
Robot in space
CIMON the robot can see, hear, speak and fly. And he will be part of the crew on board the ISS this summer.
AI to take fewer jobs than feared, says OECD
But the OECD report finds that teenagers may have a reason to be wary of the onslaught of robots.
DW Business – Europe & Asia
Greek reforms unlock more bailout cash - Robots providing elder care in Japan
Robots take care of elderly in Japan
Labor shortages in Japan's care sector have prompted some nursing homes to employ robots.
DW Business – Europe & Africa
Trump's 'America First' unsettling trade partners– Intelligent robots to revolutionize medicine
DW Business – Europe & Asia
Markets lose ground in wake of Tillerson firing – Intelligent robots to revolutionize medicine
Healthcare industry faces AI revolution
Could artificial intelligence design customized treatment plans for patients?
Congolese inventor stops traffic
Thérèse Kirongozi has built and installed traffic control robots in congested Kinshasa.
Mountain hotel welcomes first robot employee
Robots in hotels are on the rise. Now the trend has reached a mountain pasture in Austria's Salzburger Land region.
ARTificial Intelligence
A French artist developed robots that are able to draw portraits.
Euromaxx - Highlights of the week
Artistic album covers, the world's best female chef, and Berlin's Brandenburg Gate.
Amazon posts record profit in last quarter of 2017
The world's largest online retailer recorded a near $2-billion profit in the fourth quarter.
Future of work: people or machines?
Will we still have work in the future? Concerns about A.I. are widespread. But what’s the reality?
DW Business – Europe & Africa
EU warns Germany on air pollution - Private push for better healthcare in the US - Robot barista in Tokyo
Robot barista in the mix in Tokyo
Robots are increasingly performing low-level service jobs. Now not even the uber-cool job of barista is out of bounds.
Technical wonders at the CES
Big companies, like Intel, Bosch and Daimler are showing off their latest tech.
Social robot aims to comfort children
US insurance company Aflac has sponsored a social robot to comfort children undergoing cancer treatment.
Painting robots
At the University of Trieste in Italy, masterpieces are being painted – by a robot!
Companies turn to robots for more efficient package delivery
Warehouse to doorstep, companies look to robots for more efficient package delivery
Digital Germany - The robots are coming (1)
DW investigates the changing face of the country’s increasingly digitalized workplace.
Learning how to walk with an exoskeleton
Anouk Schmitt is paralyzed. An exoskeleton could help her learn how to walk again.
Robots - Paradise on earth
Supporters of Industry 4.0 insist it is a force for good.
Robotic glove strengthens grip
Its purpose is to help people with disabilities get back to work, but it has many other applications.
Affordable and sensitive robot Panda wins prize
German robotics firm Franka Emika has been awarded the prestigious German Future Prize for its Panda robot assistant.
Medical nano-robots
Nanotechnologist Ben Feringa wants to make tiny robots that will repair a body's diseased cells from the inside.
The little robot that could
Air-Cobot can find potentially catastrophic defects like cracks in the aircraft's skin.
SpotMini: Meet Boston Dynamics' streamlined robot dog
It's only a sneak peek with Boston Dynamics' robot dog trotting through the screen. But the internet is going crazy.
Tanzanian domestic workers 'working like robots'
Tanzanian migrant workers in Oman and the United Arab Emirates face excessive working hours, unpaid salaries, and abuse.
Technologies that revolutionized warfare
What are some of the other inventions in weaponry that revolutionized the conduct of war?
'Killer robots' pose a moral dilemma
Even though no single definition for fully automated weapons systems exists, they raise a host of questions.
Sony revives discontinued robo-dog
Sony has brought back Aibo, its iconic mechanical dog now loaded with improved artificial intelligence.
Saudi Arabia grants robot citizenship
Saudi Arabia claims to be the first country to grant citizenship to a robot. It may have more rights than human women.
How to teach Artificial Intelligence to think like a robot
Hiring teachers for AI — can robots create more jobs than they retire? The supporting economy thinks so.
7 Estonian startups to be reckoned with
A look at seven noticeable Estonian ventures — from delivery robots to an AI-powered language learning app.
Meet the robot programmers
The scientists at Dresden's School of Technology have noticed a market niche.
The future of human-like robots is here
Engineers at Columbia University manged to create an artifical muscle. It runs on electrcity and has the potential to reshape the future of humanoid robots.
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