Articles about robots – Page 5 of 6

New electronics brand TikTeck aims to undercut traditional retail with factory-direct model

A new consumer electronics venture, based in the Seattle region, is launching this week with a factory-direct model — selling straight to… Read More

Bots are buying Adele tickets at Key Arena, and one state senator wants an investigation

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Washington state Sen. Marko Liias suspects that ticket bots are creating skyrocketing prices for the July 26… Read More

Boston Dynamics’ robot reindeer bring holiday cheer – and fear – to the Internet

Santa Claus is coming to town, pulled by robot reindeer. But is that a promise, or a threat? To celebrate… Read More

The most important technology of 2018? Tech, business and science leaders predict the future

At our recent GeekWire Summit, we made a point of asking two consistent questions as part of our broader conversations… Read More

These are the jobs that will go to robots first

If the Monday a.m. blues got you down, this piece might not help. According to this report from BBC Tech,… Read More

NYT science reporter John Markoff: We shouldn’t worry about robots attacking us

Last month, Elon Musk, Stephen Hawking, Steve Wozniak and hundreds of others wrote a letter that detailed their concerns for… Read More

Your food could be made and served by robots sooner than you think

The battle of paying a $15 minimum wage — especially to workers in the fast-food industry — is stoking the… Read More

MIT has engineered ‘BeerBots’ so you never have to leave the couch

It might be every science geek’s dream come true — robots that get you beer. MIT Computer Science and Artificial… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: UW holds robotics law conference on the heels of Google’s robot personality patent

On Wednesday Google was awarded a patent for downloadable robot personalities. The tech giant outlines a cloud-based system that would… Read More

Inside Amazon’s heavy-duty fulfillment center: A ‘perfect symbiosis’ of robots and humans

DUPONT, Wash. — It has actually been in operation since last summer, but Amazon marked the grand opening of its… Read More

R2D2 heads to the farm: Can cow-milking robots save the future of dairy?

In this scary world of technology that’s coming for your jobs, here’s one practical use that will actually help save… Read More

15,000 robots and counting: Inside Amazon’s new fulfillment centers

The robots are here, and they’ve got your holiday package. Amazon tonight is providing a new glimpse of the latest tech… Read More

Reasons To Be Skeptical of Jibo, the Overly Cute Robo-Servant

There’s been quite a bit of press recently about a new “family robot” called Jibo. The squat, Pixar-esque robo-assistant has… Read More

German robot maker Kuka opening new facility next to Boeing in Everett

Kuka Aerospace announced this week that it plans to open a new 29,000 square foot facility in Everett, marking the… Read More

Amazon will have 10,000 robots in its warehouses by year’s end, Bezos says

Amazon is significantly ramping up its use of warehouse robots from its Kiva Systems subsidiary — expecting to have 10,000… Read More

Amazon’s big surprise: Flying drones will deliver packages to customer doorsteps

Here is the big surprise unveiled by Amazon on 60 Minutes tonight: The company is working on an R&D project… Read More

Future of gaming: You’ll probably want a robot with that head-mounted display

SAN FRANCISCO – If trends continue, your next gaming accessory could be a head-mounted display, like the Oculus Rift. If… Read More

Put down the paintbrush: Boeing paints 777 wings with robots

At Boeing’s Everett manufacturing plant, the sound of progress is a very high-pitched whirring noise. In order to keep up… Read More

These new mini robots could teach your 5-year-old how to program

Kids love robots. And now a new San Francisco area company, backed with $1 million from the likes of Google… Read More

Amazon vet’s robot-powered apparel startup expanding to downtown Seattle, Silicon Valley, Las Vegas

Things are moving fast for Nadia Shouraboura, the former Amazon exec who’s now running Seattle’s newest men’s clothing store that’s powered by… Read More

Amazon vet’s new robot-powered apparel startup aims to revolutionize how we buy clothes

By the look on his face and sound of his voice, you’d never guess that Dave Cotter just spent the… Read More

How Yoky Matsuoka created the modern robotic hand, and what the rest of us can learn from her

Editor’s Note: Yoky Matsuoka, the former University of Washington computer science professor, is one of the subjects of the new book,… Read More

Romotive unveils new $150 smartphone-controlled robot, lands $5M from Sequoia, others

Romotive today is unveiling its next-generation smartphone-controlled robot, a $150 device that the company says is faster and “more sleekly… Read More

Jeff Bezos-backed robotics startup changes name, raises $30 million

Jeff Bezos loves robots, with Amazon.com shelling out $775 million for Cambridge, Massachusetts robot maker Kiva Systems earlier this year.… Read More

Amazon completes Kiva deal, welcomes its new warehouse robot overlords

Amazon today finished its $775 million purchase of Kiva Systems, the Massachusetts-based maker of automation technology for fulfillment centers —… Read More

Space robot company may pull an asteroid into orbit

More details emerged today about Planetary Resources, and the Bellevue-based startup’s plans are sounding more and more like something out… Read More

Robotic fish swim the stories of the dead, design the future

A fish may not need a bicycle, but a bicycle could learn a lot about the mechanics of movement from… Read More

Owning a hacker space: Q&A with Matt Westervelt of Metrix

When you walk into Metrix Create: Space in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle, it’s hard to know exactly what… Read More

Check out this awesome basketball-shooting robot

Forget about “Linsanity.” Check out this sharpshooting basketball robot, created by students at Seattle’s Aviation High School. The robot will… Read More

Meet Romo: The super cool smartphone-powered robot

A few weeks ago, I bumped into Romotive co-founder Phu Nguyen at a geeky tech event in Seattle. Nguyen, who had… Read More