Robots vs Humanity

Should robots have faces? Can you fall in love with a robot? Will robots rule the future? These are some of the questions that were approached at last Thursday 1st December at ‘Robots vs Humanity’, an event organised by the CHIRON project. The sold out event, held at Google Campus in London, saw people from…

The iPal – a help or hindrance to child development?

The article below has been reblogged from Shadow Robot’s website with their permission. Have you seen this article on The Guardian? The iPal robot launched at RoboBusiness in California last week and is causing quite a stir. According to Avatarmind, the company that created the robot, the iPal is a 3ft tall companion robot for…

UK Robotics Mission

The article below has been reblogged from Shadow Robot’s website with their permission. Rich Walker from Shadow Robot recently spent a week out in Taiwan as part of the UK Robotics Mission organised by the British Office. It was a really valuable trip, with Rich meeting Taiwanese companies and roboticists, as well as getting the chance…