An MIT roboticist who cofounded Roomba maker iRobot says Elon Musk’s vision of humanoid robots as catchall assistants is ‘pure fantasy thinking’

While investors are busy pouring billions of dollars into humanoid robots, an MIT roboticist who has been making robots for ...
Game Rant

How to Select Squares With a Stop Sign and Bike in I'm Not a Robot

Players have to select all the squares with a Stop, Sign, and Bike to complete the Word Search level in I'm Not a Robot. Here ...
ZDNet

Why I'm skipping the iPhone 17 this year (and it's not just about the money)

Apple just announced the iPhone 17 lineup, with a new slim iPhone Air model. Despite a few hardware updates, many consumers won't be compelled to upgrade. If your iPhone supports the latest OS, you ...
KGOU

A play about the revolt of human workers — not machines — gave us the word 'robot'

Clanker, rust bucket, tinskin — slang words used to put down robots are on the rise. As AI and robots threaten to replace human work and maybe even humans, the recent popularity of anti-robot lingo ...
Slate

I Slept With the Guy I’m Seeing for the First Time. Uh, This Really Isn’t Going to Work.

I’ve met a great guy, “Leo.” He is intelligent, kind, and has a great sense of humor. There’s just one problem. We went back to his place the other night, and I was more than eager for us to jump in ...
Business Insider

I'm the founder and CEO of Whoop. My days consist of workouts followed by cold plunges, meditation, and meetings.

Whoop CEO Will Ahmed shares his daily routine from waking up at 6 a.m. to going to sleep at 10 p.m. Ahmed said he believes in work-life harmony, which allows for flexible focus on work and personal ...
IEEE

To Harvest or Not to Harvest: Mapping and Decision-Making for a Selective Table Grape Harvesting Robot

Abstract: This letter focuses on robotic harvesting of delicate crops such as table grapes, featuring selective harvesting based on individual product properties. The robot detects grape bunches and ...