Why humanoid robots need their own safety rules

“If Digit’s going to walk out into an aisle in front of you, you don’t want to be surprised by that,” he says. The robot could use voice commands, but audio alone is not practical for a loud industrial setting. It could be even more confusing if you have multiple robots in the same space—which…

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What We Know About Venice Extravaganza

Topline Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and former journalist Lauren Sánchez will reportedly get hitched next week in what is expected to be an opulent and controversial ceremony hosted in Venice, Italy, reportedly costing millions of dollars and mostly kept under wraps. Bezos and Sánchez will reportedly tie the knot this month. (Photo by Taylor Hill/FilmMagic)…

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How the EDSAC computer changed science in the 1940s and 50s

The Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator (EDSAC), developed at the University of Cambridge, is one of the world’s earliest general-purpose computers. Volunteers at the National Museum of Computing in Bletchley Park, UK, have been constructing a working replica of an EDSAC machine. Once complete, it will be able to run EDSAC software that was published…

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