Brainy, Yes, But Far From Handy

2006: Mako surgical (founder: roboticist Rony Abovitz) began offering a robot that offers precise haptic feedback to surgeons repairing arthritic knee joints.

Abovitz is now President & CEO of Magic Leap, Inc., whose motto is: "Most people are focused on making machines smarter. Wouldn't it be better if we focused on making people smarter?"

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BRAINY, YES, BUT FAR FROM HANDY
John Markoff
The Financial Express
Sep 7 2014

Robots still lack a critical element— a well-developed sense of touch
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Robotic sex partners could be a reality by 2025: Study

Reduction of human trafficking would be positive, but at what cost?

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Robotic sex partners could be a reality by 2025: Study

Deccan Chronicle
Aug 17 2014

Washington, Aug. 16: Robotic sex partners will become commonplace by 2025, says a report that looks at how continuing improvements to artificial intelligence and robotics will impact society. The 66-page report also focuses on how robotics will impact...
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Scientists teaching robots how to work together

Swarms & their capabilities expand.

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Scientists teaching robots how to work together
By Amina Khan
The Buffalo News
Aug 17 2014

LOS aNGeLeS – Here comes the swarm. Scientists at Harvard University have created the first 1,000-strong swarm of robots that can assemble themselves into different shapes upon command. Using 1,024 three-legged robots roughly the size of a pingpong...
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Scientists make flatpack robots that assemble themselves

If they assemble themselves why do they need the scientists?

I learned some origami in Sunday School. This sounds like even more fun. 

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Scientists make flatpack robots that assemble themselves
SCIENCE EDITOR
The Independent
Aug 8 2014

They sound like real-life Transformers – the toys that can change from one shape into another – but these robots are perhaps more akin to the flat-packed world of an Ikea catalogue. Scientists have taken the idea of self-assembly so seriously they...
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The machines will take our jobs if we don’t get smart

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The machines will take our jobs if we don't get smart

Business Week
Jul 31 2014

WHAT to do? Should I write this week about financial imbalances in the euro zone, or the threat to jobs from computerisation? One might be of more interest to me, but the other to almost everyone else. Then it dawned that the two were connected in a...
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Elon Musk Warns of Terminator-Style Robot Apocalypse

A robot apocalypse is the last thing anyone would expect from green-tech pioneer Elon Musk. After introducing the spectacularly successful and iconic Tesla electric cars and innovations in space travel through his company, SpaceX, he has now brought...[Article] (Epoch Times New York Edition, Wed, 02 Jul 2014, Page B2)