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WATCH THIS: A group of autonomous military robots navigate through an underground power plant

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WATCH THIS: A group of autonomous military robots win a search and rescue competition in an underground power plant, as they search for warm mannequins that simulate human survivors after a gas leak DARPA hosted a search and rescue competition for autonomous robots The winning team, from JPL programmed 12 autonomous robots to find warm … Read more

Snake robots could cross rough terrain to help with search and rescue

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A snake robot that can nimbly slither its way up large steps has been developed by scientists to help search and rescue missions.  US engineers studied how the real-life serpents moved and used their observations to make a snake robot that can climb large steps. It is thought that snake robots may some day help … Read more

Are robots really the answer to Britain’s care crisis? Meet the new generation of artificial humans

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Handy: Barney Calman with gloves to help stroke patients They look, sound and chatter away pretty much like ordinary people. In reality, they are anything but. Amid much hysteria and hype, tech giants Samsung have unveiled the first ever digitally generated ‘artificial humans’ – a few of them are pictured on these pages. Powered by … Read more