Category: Robots
Sphero announces £149 BOLT – an app-enabled robotic ball
Connected Play company Sphero has announced the launch of its latest app-enabled robotic ball, Sphero BOLT. In addition to the robot itself, Sphero BOLT is accompanied by the Sphero Edu app. The […]
Nissan unveils pitch drawing robot at Champions League Final
Are the days of the park keeper drawing wobbly white lines to mark out the local pitches after having a few too many the night before finally over? At the […]
Robots to overtake human population by 2050, seven in 10 fear rise of AI
A leading expert has predicted there will be more robots than humans on the planet by 2048. Dr Ian Pearson’s research for Westworld reveals that even a modest growth of 20% […]
Robot jockey announced ahead of this week’s Cheltenham Festival
Jockeys like Frankie Dettori and AP McCoy might not be quaking in their riding boots just yet. But bookmaker BetBright has unveiled the World’s first Robot Jockey ahead of this […]
Will we really see robot referees and robot jockeys by 2030?
While we’re starting to see the introduction of some technology in football in the form of VAR (video assistant referees), a new report goes much further predicting the possibility of robot […]
Will a robot take my job? We reveal top 12 jobs to go first..and it’s not good news
Will robots take away all of our jobs? Fast Future Publishing authors identify just some of the jobs that are set to disappear altogether over the next few years We […]
Samsung launches Star Wars branded robotic vacuum cleaner
Samsung Electronics has introduced a new Star Wars limited edition of the widely acclaimed POWERbot robot vacuum cleaner, the VR7000, for those sci-fi fans who want an automated alternative to […]
Sphero launches mini robotic ball
This looks fun – a tiny app-driven robotic ball from Sphero which is about the size of a ping pong ball. What’s clever about it is that it features Sphero’s FaceDrive technology so […]
Brain controlled robot allows severely disabled to ‘move around’ for first time
For disabled people unable to physically visit places around them, the world can seem a very limited place. But that may be about to change as Australian company Aubot has […]
CES2017: Ubtech introduces Alexa-powered Lynx robot
Is the age of the personalised robot edging closer? Certainly it would seem that way judging by the all the the robotics companies exhibiting at CES in Las Vegas this […]