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Robots you can wear like clothes: Automatic weaving of 'fabric muscle' brings commercialization closer

The commercialization of clothing-type wearable robots has taken a significant step forward with the development of equipment ...
The New York Times

‘My Robot Sophia’: An Unsettling Look Into the Soul of a Machine

This film by Jon Kasbe and Crystal Moselle skirts gimmicks to examine a creator’s drive to build a humanoid device powered by artificial intelligence. By Alissa Wilkinson When you purchase a ticket ...
WBUR

'My Robot Sophia' documentary explores what it means to be human

The documentary "My Robot Sophia" tells the story of David Hanson's quest to create a human-like robot who can feel emotions and learn to care. Sophia is powered by artificial intelligence, and the ...
Futurism

This Muscle-Powered Robot Might Be the Creepiest Thing We’ve Ever Seen

Forget valleys; we’re now entering veritable Grand Canyons of uncanniness. Behold the robot known as “Protoclone,” built by Clone Robotics. It’s supposedly the world’s first bipedal, musculoskeletal ...
Science Daily

Scientists design a two-legged robot powered by muscle tissue

Compared to robots, human bodies are flexible, capable of fine movements, and can convert energy efficiently into movement. Drawing inspiration from human gait, researchers from Japan crafted a ...
Inverse

This biohybrid robot walks using lab-grown mouse muscles

Czech playwright Karel Capek coined the word “robot” in his seminal 1920 work, “Rossum’s Universal Robots.” In this dark piece of sci-fi, the term described flesh-and-blood laborers made from organic ...
IFLScience

Robot Arm With Synthetic Muscle Lifts Dumbbell, Shows What Androids Could Look Like

Jack has a degree in Medical Genetics from the University of Leicester.View full profile Jack has a degree in Medical Genetics from the University of Leicester. A Polish robotics engineer has ...