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2023: The Year of Tombot – The Robo Dog

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Hands down, the robot story of 2022 was the San Francisco Police Department’s decision, and subsequent retraction, to order a fleet of killer robots. The highly-debated proposal tried to set nerves at ease by stating: “Robots will only be used as a deadly force option when the risk of loss of life to members of … Read more

Buddy & Grandpa Play Fetch…

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Last week, I was all set to start writing about Harvard’s robotic bee when our servers crashed.  As fate would have it I discovered something better (also conceived in Cambridge) a robotic dog for seniors (aka Buddy).  Besides being partial to dogs named Buddy, I believe that this new MIT startup, Gerijoy, is part of a … Read more