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Robot commits suicide: ‘Depressed’ cyborg hurls itself down flight of stairs
A South Korean robot’s ... and relate to human emotion. A South Korean robot’s “suicide” is being investigated by the Gumi ...
New York Post10mon
Robot controlled by human ‘brain on chip’ is a world first: scientists
This humanoid robot has a mind of its own ... Researchers believe this robotics breakthrough will play a major role in human-cyborg relations. Tianjin University The outlet also reported that ...
The Hollywood Reporter8mon
How ‘Wild Robot’ Expands on — and Deepens — Peter Brown’s Book
(Sanders says Wild Robot has about half as much dialogue as a typical modern animated feature — a choice he consciously made and the studio, to his delight, went along with.) Based on Peter ...
Daily Mail2y
'World's first cyborg' dies aged 64: British doctor with terminal motor neurone disease who hoped to 'become fully robotic' passes away peacefully surrounded by his family
A British scientist who became the 'world's first full cyborg' has passed away at the age of 64. Peter Scott-Morgan decided to challenge what it meant to be human when he refused to accept his ...
Los Angeles Times8mon
Exquisite ‘The Wild Robot’ uses machines and animals to tell a human story
“The Wild Robot” has a lot to say and its own way ... In writer-director Chris Sanders’ adaptation of Peter Brown’s books, a shipment of household robots goes awry and one of them ...
Popular Science10mon
Lab-grown human brain tissue used to control robot
Accompanying images appear to depict a Silly Putty-like organoid mounted within the head of a bipedal robot—but don’t worry about human-synthetic cyborg armies just yet. The tiny Terminator is ...
Variety8mon
‘The Wild Robot’ Review: It’s No ‘Iron Giant,’ Though DreamWorks’ Tale of a Wayward Droid Is a Keeper
a lovely chosen-family fable adapted from the first book in Peter Brown’s open-ended series, features no human characters of consequence. Instead, “The Wild Robot” concerns an overzealous ...
Mashable4mon
'The Wild Robot' review: Who knew a robot and goose could make me sob so much?
Based on the novel by Peter Brown, The Wild Robot strands us on a deserted island alongside ROZZUM unit 7134 (voiced by Lupita Nyong'o). Unable to complete tasks for her human owners as her ...
Ars Technica3mon
Robot with 1,000 muscles twitches like human while dangling from ceiling
On Wednesday, Clone Robotics released video footage of its Protoclone humanoid robot, a full-body machine that uses synthetic muscles to create unsettlingly human-like movements. In the video ...
CNN1mon
Chinese robots ran against humans in the world’s first humanoid half-marathon. They lost by a mile
Just as human runners needed to replenish themselves with water, robot contestants were allowed to get new batteries during the race. Companies were also allowed to swap their androids with ...
Variety11mon
‘The Wild Robot’ Director Says Film’s Painted Style Offers an ‘Emotional and Immersive’ Experience
Sanders plans to present an extended sample of his new feature, “The Wild Robot,” adapted from the book by Peter Brown ... droid designed to improve human life that crash-lands in a remote ...