• Some sleep is worse than no sleep for keeping fear in check

    Some sleep is worse than no sleep for keeping fear in check

    Getting plenty of sleep just became even more important.
  • 'Mindful' people are better goal-setters according to new research

    'Mindful' people are better goal-setters according to new research

    Aligning your goals with deeply held values produces better results—in your career and life.
  • Walmart fires inventory-tracking robots, realizes humans work just as well

    Walmart fires inventory-tracking robots, realizes humans work just as well

    Walmart is parting ways with robots used to monitor store inventory as the retail giant realized humans are just as capable, a new report said. The robot layoff is the result of the company cutting
  • Google's agricultural robots ready to sweep the fields

    Google's agricultural robots ready to sweep the fields

    To meet the increasing food needs in the world, several firms are banking on robotics. Alphabet, a Google holding company, has just presented its Mineral project. Its new autonomous robots would be able to individually analyze the evolution of each of the plants present in a field.
  • Demand for robot cooks heats up as restaurants combat coronavirus

    Demand for robot cooks heats up as restaurants combat coronavirus

    Robots that can cook — flipping burgers and baking bread — are in growing demand as virus-wary kitchens try to put some distance between workers and customers. Starting this fall, the White Castle burger chain will test a robot arm that can cook french fries and other foods. The robot, dubbed Flippy, is made by …
  • An A.I. robot named Erica was cast in the lead role of a $70M sci-fi film

    An A.I. robot named Erica was cast in the lead role of a $70M sci-fi film

    As if the world wasn’t getting dystopian enough. An enterprising sci-fi film crew has devised an ingenious way to shoot their film while circumventing coronavirus concerns — by casting a real-life A.I. robot named Erica. The move marks the first time a movie will star an artificially intelligent actor, according to the Hollywood Reporter. “She …
  • Fiat Chrysler to list robot-making business after Peugeot merger

    Fiat Chrysler to list robot-making business after Peugeot merger

    Fiat Chrysler said it planned to list its robot-making business, giving new details on Monday about the future of Turin-based Comau, which it already planned to spin off. Comau will be spun off shortly after FCA completes its merger with Peugeot maker PSA and its shares distributed to shareholders of the new group. The deal …
  • Gap buying more robots for warehouses — but still needs to hire extra humans

    Gap buying more robots for warehouses — but still needs to hire extra humans

    Apparel chain Gap is speeding up its rollout of warehouse robots for assembling online orders so it can limit human contact during the coronavirus pandemic, the company told Reuters. Gap reached a deal early this year to more than triple the number of item-picking robots it uses to 106 by the fall. Then the pandemic …