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Sony's exoskeleton tech unlocks new frontiers in human skill

Sony Computer Science Laboratories (Sony CSL) has unveiled a breakthrough training method that enables skilled performers to exceed natural physica...

Technology : Mobility : The Synthocene Era

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CES 2025 daily recap: Robo-dogs, new cities and 2025 tech trends

The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) has landed in Las Vegas for another year of innovation showcases, product launches and keynotes from the world’...

Technology : CES : Consumer Electronics Show

Macro Trends

Future Forecast 2025: Technology

Amid accelerating technologies, consumers are exploring divergent paths: from simplified ‘dumb tech’ for digital detox to AI-generated creativity a...

Technology : Health & Wellness : Society

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Friendswithyou, fuzzy AI robots exhibition opens at Cleveland Public Library

Art duo FriendsWithYou has unveiled The BAND, a playful installation of five fuzzy, autonomous robots at Cleveland Public Library.

Design : Technology : Youth

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PIX Moving launches AI-enhanced Robo-EV

Robotics company PIX Moving has introduced Robo-EV, a 3D-printed micro-metal car featuring an AI-powered personal assistant designed to assess and ...

Design : Technology : Mobility

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Dutch Design Week 2024: Navigating blurred realities

Dutch Design Week 2024 explores the complexities of navigating blurred realities amid rapidly changing technology.

Technology : Design : Robotics

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Aescape’s robotic massage tables arrive at the Four Seasons

Aescape, the company behind on-demand robotic massage technology, is expanding into the hospitality sector with upcoming launches at Four Seasons R...

Health&wellness : Robotics : Technology

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Humanoid AI factory robot evolves with common sense and self-correction

The humanoid AI robot known as Figure 01 and designed to be a factory helper has undergone a significant evolution, emerging as the newly enhanced ...

Technology : Robotics : AI

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Figure AI secures over £532m for humanoid development

Figure AI has raised £532.4m ($675m, €622.2m) to advance its development of humanoid robots.

Robotics : AI : Technology

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Mobile World Congress 2024 daily recap: 5G versus 6G

Should we be looking forward to 6G or focus on advancing 5G opinions? wondered panellists on stage at MWC 2024.

Technology : Event : Robotics

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Stat: MIT suggests AI job displacements are costlier than retaining human workers

In a study published in January 2024, a team of MIT researchers challenged prevailing fears over AI job displacement, finding that, in many cases, ...

AI : Technology : Workplace

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The Space: Kernel

Chipotle founder Steve Ells is pioneering Kernel, a new robot-operated restaurant concept aimed at reducing waste.

Robot : Travel & Hospitality Futures : Technology

Markets

AI Pleasures Market

AI is stepping into intimate domains, allowing users to create and experience bespoke tech-enhanced pleasure.

Technology : Sexual Wellness : AI

Big Ideas

Food Delivery Futures

Using AI, hyper-personalisation and robots, the food delivery sector is creating a seamless connection between restaurants, supermarkets and our ki...

Technology : Food & Drink : Society

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The RUEI-01 shoe embeds ‘unmanufacture’ information

Product Design student Maxwell Ashford is challenging current systems around recycling with his robotically recyclable shoe.

Technology : Sustainability : Fashion

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Adidas re-invents footwear with tech-driven textiles

The sports brand has unveiled Strung, a new textile and manufacturing process that uses data and robotics to change how footwear is created.

Retail : Technology : Fashion

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Milan 2019: AI and robotics come to life at Sony exhibition

At Milan Design Week 2019, Sony presents a future in which AI and robotics forge empathetic connections with humans.

Design : Milan Salone : Robotics

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A driverless bar on wheels that delivers cocktails on demand

Italian design firm Carlo Ratti Associati has revealed a design concept for a self-driving bar unit operated by a robot.

Drinks : Technology : Mobility

Big Ideas

Future materials will assemble themselves

Skylar Tibbits, co-director and founder of MIT’s Self-Assembly Lab, explains how programmable materials can help combat climate change and provide ...

Material Far Futures : Robotics : Materials

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Burger-flipping robot opens its first restaurant

San Francisco – Food tech start-up Creator has unveiled the first restaurant that uses robotics to autonomously prepare burgers.

Food : Technology : Autonomous

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Today’s headlines, including Moët Hennessy’s ode to friendship

In today’s daily digest: WeWork invests in Generation I, a new approach to inspiring altruism, humanoid robots to become more prolific, and other s...

Drink : Co-working : Beauty

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Danny Isserles on designing robots for the home

Danny Isserles, vice-president of marketing at Roboteam, on why autonomous robots should not be humanoid.

Technology : Design : Artificial Intelligence

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MIT explores the future of manufacturing through machine learning

US – Researchers from the university have created a system that enables robots to learn from each other with minimal human input.

Technology : Design : Auto

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Ministry of Design creates robotics training facility

Singapore – The facility acts as a showroom to sell robots and host industry training workshops.

Technology : Digital : Design

Big Ideas

Robot retail

UK – A new report suggests that retail is the industry that will lose the most workers to automation.

Automation : Workplace Futures : Retail