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Robot cars and military robots have more in common than you'd think. Some accidents with self-driving cars will result in fatalities, and this may be troubling in ways that human-caused fatalities are not.

A project to automate drilling and riveting on the Boeing 777 fuselage is just the beginning, Boeing CEO Jim McNerney said last week during a conference call with investors.

As ennui sets in at the stock markets - less Volume, weaker breadth, summer vacations, even decades low viewership of CNBC , maybe traders are looking for a way to compete with the Flash Boys of expensive co-located AI computer-to-computer trading - maybe the answer is to use robots to trade! Dr. Tucker Balch will present on Machine Learning -- the ... (more)

In Burwell v. Hobby Lobby , the Supreme Court recognized that corporations are entitled to religious freedom under the First Amendment, much as actual people are.

The anthropomorphic robot named hitchBOT sits on the shoulder of Highway 102 to begin its 6000 kilometer cross country journey outside of Halifax, Nova Scotia, July 27, 2014.

That's the plan for one Arizona entrepreneur, Tony Mulligan, who designed a remote-controlled buoy named Emily to help rescue swimmers in distress.

It didn't take long for a little robot attempting to hitchhike across the country relying on the kindness of strangers to get its first ride.

In episode #161 , Audrow Nash speaks with Russ Angold, co-founder and CTO of Ekso Bionics , about the wearable bionic suit, Ekso.

We were both new to our respective roles in academia. I'm about to see the new crop of your kind at Columbus State University next week, so I'd love to share three points of observation from Year One.

Matt Greenwood seemed to hold his breath as he stared at his robot rolling through a maze on the floor Tuesday night.

Legendary Pictures has a special treat for Pacific Rim fans visiting San Diego Comic-Con this weekend: the chance to pilot a Jaeger, one of the giant monster-punching robots from Guillermo Del Toro's 2013 action flick.

Visitors to St. Mary's Hospital on Friday afternoon were able to get up close and personal with da Vinci.

Israel's Iron Dome missile defense system has been highly visible protecting its airspace during Operation Protective Edge.

Travellers in Canada may have some unusual company on the highway this summer as a Wellie-wearing, social media-savvy robot hits the road on a mission to hitchhike its way from Halifax to Victoria.

The computer Deep Blue defeating world chess champion Garry Kasparov at his own game in 1997 was one thing but when a team of humanoid robots defeats the world's greatest soccer players it will be something else altogether.

More than half of the jobs currently being done in Germany could be taken over by robots in the next 20 years, according to a think-tank.

Over the past few years, technology has advanced in countless ways. There are now higher-quality LIDAR sensors that can detect movement more precisely, better motors that can replicate human expressions on a skin-like face, and software routines that can parse human speech more effectively.

The Society of Women Engineers showcased the talents of an all female robotics team of middle school students with a synchronized dance robot recital.

Chinese People's Liberation Army cadets shout, holding bayonet at the PLA's Armored Forces Engineering Academy Base, on the outskirt of Beijing, China Tuesday, July 22, 2014.

It's not just tech companies and factories that employ robots. You'll also find them on the job at "Conan," at least in a new sketch cooked up for the late night show.