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Robots and the Humans Who Make Them

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So when Senior Editor Evan Ackerman cooked up a concept for a robotics podcast, he leaned hard into that idea. Ackerman, the world’s premier robotics journalist, talks with roboticists every day, and recording those conversations to turn those interviews into a podcast is usually a relatively straightforward process. “The

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Video Friday: Co-Expression

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Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. A recent trend in industrial robotics is to have robotic manipulators working side-by-side with human operators.

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Chatbot: A New Robotics Podcast from IEEE Spectrum

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We’re launching a new robotics podcast here at Spectrum ! They come up with the questions, not us, which results in the kinds of robotics conversations you won’t hear anywhere else—uniquely informative, but also surprising and fun. It’s called Chatbot , and it’s something a little different that I’m pretty excited about.

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XPeng to hold its annual Tech Day next week, hinting at introduction of its own AI

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In addition to a roadmap of its autonomous driving technology, XPeng is also teasing robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) as topics that will be showcased. EV automaker XPeng Motors is set to hold its annual 1024 Tech Day in China next week and has begun teasing some exciting technology.

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This IEEE Society’s Secret to Boosting Student Membership

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That’s what the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society has done. A Guide for Inspiring the Next Generation Roboticists The IEEE Robotics and Automation Society isn’t focused only on boosting its student membership. It also wants to get more young people interested in pursuing a robotics career. The society’s approach has paid off.

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Elephant Robotics Unveils New Desktop Educational Robots for 2023

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This is a sponsored article brought to you by Elephant Robotics. In recent years, interest in using robots in education has seen massive growth. Projects that involve robotics, artificial intelligence, speech recognition, and related technologies can help develop students’ analytical, creative, and practical skills.

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Imagineer Morgan Pope Uses Electromagnetism to Spark Emotions

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Most people probably think of robots as cold and calculating, but for Morgan Pope they can be a tool for generating emotions. Pope designs robots for the entertainment giant’s theme parks. Robots have a long history at Disney. A specialty in robot mobility Growing up, Pope was a bookworm. in the same field in 2016.

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