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Robots progressed by leaps and bounds in 2020. These were the highlights

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World’s most advanced robotic hand is approaching human-level dexterity

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A.I. hit some major milestones in 2020. Here’s a recap

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Digitizing your brain: Sci-fi pipe dream, or scientific possibility?

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How A.I. bumblebee brains could usher in a new era for navigation

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Eminem appears to diss Mark Zuckerberg in hilarious, A.I.-generated deepfake

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Terrifying Monster Wolf robot aims to scare off bears

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Insect-inspired repair robot clings to giant turbine blades with suction legs

BladeBug robot

To build a lifelike robotic hand, we first have to build a better robotic brain

Robot arm gripper

Leaps, bounds, and beyond: Robot agility is progressing at a feverish pace

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Robots could soon make up a quarter of U.K. army, top general suggests

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These blaze-battling bots are the future of firefighting

5 best firefighting robot projects

Tired of robocalls? Unlimited burner phone service keeps your digits private

Pile of old phones.

Amazing new headset translates thoughts into speech for vocally impaired wearers

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Disney Research’s robotic eyeballs have a freakishly humanlike stare

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This basic human skill is the next major milestone for A.I.

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Robots at Walmart replaced by humans, report says

How a hyperrealistic robo-dolphin is paving the way for animatronic aquariums

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Despite obvious dangers, autonomous killer robot tech is charging ahead

CBP drone

White Castle invests in burger-flipping robots to make fast food even faster

White Castle robot

The plan to rid the world of potholes with a fleet of asphalt-spewing robots

Pothole robot

Can A.I. solve one of the oldest mysteries of linguistics?

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The robot ‘artist’ that’s challenging humanity’s concept of creativity

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This groundbreaking new style of A.I. learns things in a totally different way

History of AI neural networks

A.I. creativity is improving fast. This hilarious GPT3-generated film is proof

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Smoothie-making bot at Walmart signals the rise of the robot fast-food worker

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Watch America’s first firefighting robot in action

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This bot will destroy you at Pictionary. It’s also a huge milestone for A.I.

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Are deepfakes a dangerous technology? Creators and regulators disagree

Ryan Reynolds as Willy Wonka Deepfake from NextFace

New ‘A.I. lawyer’ analyzes your emails to find moneysaving loopholes

Joshua Browder parking ticket legal robot

Flippy the fast-food-prepping robot goes on sale for $30K

Flippy robot

GTC 2020 roundup: Nvidia’s virtual world for robots, A.I. video calls

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang with a few Nvidia graphics cards.

Landmark court decision says robots can’t be inventors. But the fight isn’t over

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Your A.I. smart assistant could one day tell if you’re lonely

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‘Skyborg’: U.S. Air Force seeks fleet of autonomous planes

Illustration of the ATS F/A-18, part of Boeing's Airpower Teaming System

Meet RXT-1, the robot punching bag that punches back

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A smartphone app for diagnosing autism could soon win FDA approval

Cognoa

New self-driving car algorithm keeps you safe by constantly predicting doom

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A.I. could play a vital role in the birth of tomorrow’s IVF children

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IBM’s autonomous Mayflower ship lifted into the water ahead of launch

Mayflower

Smart camouflage patch could conceal fighter jets from A.I. recognition tools

McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle in flight during training mission

Dreamcatcher is an A.I. that could help analyze the world’s dreams

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Want to drive a giant, four-legged racing mech? This is your chance

Prosthesis robot

Tiny robot can be made to ‘walk’ using pulsed laser beams

Laser microbot

Giving robots a layer of fat could help supercharge their battery life

BYU's Robot King Louie being built by NASA

This tiny robot could help surgeons perform ultra-delicate procedures

Origami surgical robot

Pandemic-fueled automation is gobbling up jobs, and we’ll never get them back

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This tiny robot tank could one day help doctors explore your intestine

Endoculous

Facebook’s new ’embodied A.I’ project aims to build a new breed of robots

Mark Zuckerberg

Staggering implications: Smartphones may soon use our gait to see if we’re drunk

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