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Foxconn to build 'an empire of robots'

Broke ground Saturday on a robotics research facility in Taiwan Here's one way to solve your labor problems. Hon Hai Precision Industry, the company whose Foxconn division assembles most of the...

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Robots with your face want to invade workplaces and hospitals

So-called robotic telepresence allows people to communicate remotely. Will it take off? By Clay Dillow FORTUNE -- Robotic telepresence remains one of those technologies that is always lingering just on...

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Anki Drive: Does 'the best robotics startup' deliver?

With Tim Cook's blessing and $50 million in funding from backers like Andreessen Horowitz, robotics outfit Anki already has buzz other startups could only dream of. Hands-on with its first product....

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Dmitry Grishin on the robots of the future

"It would be cool if you could apply the entire Internet revolution to the real world, to all of the things that are happening offline." By Clay Dillow FORTUNE -- As co-founder and CEO of Mail.Ru,...

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In the future, will there be any work left for people to do?

I am standing on a stage, behind a waist-high podium with my first name on it. To my right is a woman named Vicki; shes behind an identical podium with her name on it. Between us is a third podium with...

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The newest tool for offshore exploration: ocean-going drones

As you might expect forone of the world’s most lucrative businesseswhich counts four of the top 10 companies in this year’sFortune500companies in theoil and gas industry usefairly sophisticated...

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He laughs, learns, and has impeccable manners. Oh, and he’s a robot

At first glance, Jibo looks a bit like Wall-Es robot girlfriend. Both Jibo, a real robot, and Wall-E’s girlfriend, the fictional Pixar character, have the look of a futuristic Apple product: reflective...

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iRobot: From R2-D2 to practical robots

The notion of robots in everyday life was long the stuff of The Jetsons and Star Wars. But Colin Angle, 47; Rodney Brooks, 59; and Helen Greiner, 46, brought such inventions into real life through...

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A new industry flexes its servos

At this years FIFA World Cup, the first kick was delivered by a man with paralyzed legs, Juliano Pinto. He was wearing an elaborate exoskeleton suit that enabled him to, remarkably, tap a soccer ball...

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Robot Wars: Parrot AR.Drone 2.0 vs. Roomba 650

Robots have taken over, indoors and out. Here we pit two of the most popular household botsdrones and Roombasagainst each other. in the left corner, we have the swooping, looping, bird’s-eye-snooping...

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How GE generates $1 billion from data

The square, squat robot scuttles across the stage on command, pausing next to a massive model depicting a locomotive engine. Its sensors probe the surroundings, collecting and analyzing temperatures....

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GE has a plan to make futuristic ‘smart homes’ happen

It's 2014 and we have drones, 3-D printing, Oculus Rift virtual reality headsets, self-driving cars, wearable computers such as Google Glass, and artificial intelligence. We basically live in the...

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For commercial drones, the biggest questions remain unanswered

If the rumors are true, advocates for America’s nascent commercial drone industry will not be pleased. Following a National Transportation Safety Board ruling last week that placed the power to...

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Over lunch, reshaping the future of America’s drone industry

At Robofest, first things first. First there’s the wine, provided courtesy of one of the Washington, D.C. area's most influential aerospace consultancies. Once you've filled your plastic cup--this...

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As FAA stalls on drones, a push for a smaller win

Safely integrating drones into the national airspace is a big job. But with federal regulators poised to miss Congressionally mandated deadlines for producing a regulatory framework allowing the use of...

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What it’s like to fly a drone for the first time

I'm standing in a parking lot somewhere in Colorado. A police officer is strolling around, marking car tires with white chalk. To my left, two construction workers are talking. Before me is an empty...

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With new rules, the FAA and drone industry make up

Sunday's release of a set of proposed rules governing the use unmanned aerial systems--better known as drones--in U.S. airspace didn't hold very many surprises. But according to industry sources, the...

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Where can Amazon legally fly its drones?

The Federal Aviation Administration’s proposed drone rules clip the wings of Amazon’s Prime Air delivery service in the United States, but the online retailer could be eyeing other countries for...

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This is the year consumer drones get serious

As a product category, personal drones aimed at the consumer market have come a long way in the past five years, evolving from toys into tools for the semi-serious aerial photographer to fairly...

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The drone revolution hits the high seas

Speaking at the Navy's Sea-Air-Space technology expo outside Washington D.C., Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced that he'll soon be making a slight adjustment to his office’s organizational...

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