# robots

Last year

2022

# happy holid-ai

Channel 4’s Christmas message to be AI-generated and delivered by a robot

The message will be delivered by Ameca, one of the world’s most advanced robots.

12.5k

Dec 22nd 2022, 7:05 AM

All time

# Health 2.0

From shoes to prosthetic arms, there is a growing appetite for personalisation in medtech

The Irish manufacturing industry is using new tech to develop ‘batch-of-one’ processing.

250

Feb 13th 2020, 4:09 PM

# 21st Century workplace

Work-It: Are robots really going to steal your job?

With tech’s rapid development, are we really at the mercy of machines or is it all just hype?

190

Dec 20th 2019, 11:38 AM

# Hot or bot

An Irish robot called Stevie made the cover of Time magazine

The robot was built and designed in Trinity College Dublin.

20.2k

Oct 25th 2019, 11:14 AM

# Your Say

Poll: Are you worried a robot could take your job?

Two out of five Irish jobs are likely to be “substantially impacted” by automation, according to new research.

19.3k

Sep 9th 2019, 9:22 AM

# dey took our jerbs

Robots to take 20 million jobs in the manufacturing industry by 2030

Robots have already taken over millions of manufacturing jobs.

15.3k

Jun 25th 2019, 10:40 PM

# tourism and transport

Tayto Park wants humanoid robots to make the queue at its water ride more entertaining

At peak times, customers have to wait up to two hours to get on the Viking Voyage attraction.

414

Jan 17th 2019, 10:06 AM

# Your Say

Poll: Are you worried a robot could take your job?

The Taoiseach has said “almost anyone in employment at all levels” could be affected.

21.9k

117

Dec 30th 2018, 9:40 AM

# mr roboto

Varadkar warns that robots and artificial intelligence pose risk to people's jobs

The Taoiseach has said many professions could be affected, meaning people will need to upskill and retrain.

42.5k

Dec 30th 2018, 8:05 AM

# Future Focus

Bye-bye pizza guy, no more spice bag shame: The future of getting a takeaway

Oh, and… hello flying robots.

63.3k

Mar 25th 2018, 9:00 PM

# thanks a latte

Would you buy a coffee from this robot? It just started working at Japan's 'strange cafe'

A coffee will cost you about €2.50.

13.1k

Feb 3rd 2018, 10:30 AM

# Artificial Intelligence

Elon Musk backs call for killer robots to be banned

“We do not have long to act. Once this Pandora’s box is opened, it will be hard to close.”

20.1k

Aug 21st 2017, 8:44 AM

# real talk

Two robots casually debated the future of humans in Hong Kong this week

One “joked” that he thought the robots’ goal was to take over the world.

14.9k

Jul 16th 2017, 10:00 AM

# AI

Sex robots could help elderly, disabled but may lead to more objectification of women, study warns

A new report examines the implications of sex robots going mainstream in the next 10 years.

28.3k

Jul 8th 2017, 8:00 PM

# Automatic For The People

Are robots going to take all of our jobs?

Maybe.

11.8k

Apr 23rd 2017, 10:30 AM

# Rise of the Machines

Robots should be given legal status as 'electronic persons' and fitted with 'kill switches' - EU

An EU committee has made a raft of recommendations about the future of AI.

14.1k

Jan 12th 2017, 4:55 PM

# self drive

Driverless cars - another step towards Big Brother?

“Data is the new oil,” Intel chief executive Brian Krzanich said last month.

11.5k

Dec 31st 2016, 1:00 PM

# faithful companion

Meet Kirobo, Toyota's new friendly robot that could cure your loneliness

The ‘companion robot’ keeps you company but is far from smart.

11.7k

Oct 3rd 2016, 9:06 AM

# seeing is believing

Fancy having your portrait drawn by three robots called Paul in Dublin?

The opportunity is part of a new exhibition at Dublin’s Science Gallery.

8.3k

Jun 24th 2016, 8:00 AM

# who's a good boy

Tech billionaire believes robots will reduce us to the role of a 'house cat'

And that’s the good scenario.

17.0k

Jun 2nd 2016, 10:06 AM

# never skip leg day

Think Google's robots are weird? You ain't seen nothing yet

These two-legged robots are the latest creation from one of Google’s robotics labs in Japan.

20.4k

Apr 8th 2016, 6:53 PM

# Stand your ground

Turns out real dogs don't really like Google's robotic dogs

Even when it’s controlled by a human, they’re still not keen on them.

10.6k

Mar 1st 2016, 2:13 PM

# so mean

Watch Google's robot be bullied and terrorised by its creators

Smacking boxes out of its hands, and pushing it face-first onto the ground are par for the course when testing a robot.

15.4k

Feb 24th 2016, 9:24 AM

# say what you see

Soon robots will be able to see the world the same way we do

Recognising objects and figuring out if you’re happy or not will soon be the norm, and companies like Google, Facebook and Microsoft are pushing it forward.

5.7k

Dec 3rd 2015, 10:14 AM

# Good Advice

Robot owners told not to have sex with them

Want to grab some Java?

19.5k

Sep 26th 2015, 9:51 AM

# ladies and germs

Microsoft is teaching a robot to have a sense of humour

It’s to help The New Yorker sift through entries for its caption competition, but there’s a bigger reason behind it.

7.0k

Aug 11th 2015, 10:30 PM

# this is why we can't have nice things

Beloved robot hitchhikes around the world, gets destroyed after two weeks in America

“WAAAALL-E?”

26.6k

Aug 3rd 2015, 3:21 PM

# taking no chances

Some of the world's top scientists think it's judgement day in the battle against robo-killers

Elon Musk, Stephen Hawking and Steve Wozniak are all on board.

12.7k

Jul 28th 2015, 8:00 PM

# Future

Scientists are on the cusp of these 11 discoveries that will transform the world

Many of the devices that power our everyday lives would have been unimaginable a century ago.

41.0k

Jul 19th 2015, 5:30 PM

# robot overlords

These are the 20 jobs most likely to be taken over by robots

Is yours one of them?

41.7k

May 30th 2015, 10:00 PM

# no escape

This four-legged robot can jump over walls without breaking its stride

In the future, hiding behind a small wall isn’t going to help you.

13.1k

May 29th 2015, 1:27 PM

# impending doom

Watching Google's new robot dog get kicked is oddly unsettling

‘Spot’, the latest four-legged robot from Google-owned Boston Dynamics, is able to regain its balance after being kicked or shoved.

21.2k

Feb 10th 2015, 8:30 PM

# Putin the boot in

Russia is training killer robots, as you do

Should we be alarmed?

13.0k

Jan 2nd 2015, 6:11 PM

# little helpers

Amazon has an army of robots helping it send gifts on their way

The company has deployed more than 15,000 wheeled robots to travel around its biggest warehouses and help deliver goods to employees.

10.8k

Dec 1st 2014, 11:39 AM

# AI

Google working on quantum computing chip that will help develop artificial intelligence

The aim is to develop a chip that will allow machines to one day think like humans.

5.2k

Sep 3rd 2014, 10:11 AM

# deep learning

What happens when a robot doesn't know something? It just goes on the internet

The Robo Brain system will allow robots to use the internet to learn about objects and how they’re used, along with human language and behaviour.

4.8k

Aug 25th 2014, 11:31 AM

# Man V Machine

These freaky self-assembled robots build themselves from flat pack

It’s all over people, we don’t have a prayer.

13.6k

Aug 10th 2014, 2:17 PM

# robots

'Automation is Voldemort': tech experts polled on the future impact of robots and AI

“What are people for in a world that does not need their labour, and where only a minority are needed to guide the ‘bot-based economy?’”

7.4k

Aug 6th 2014, 5:23 PM

# terminator

Is a Terminator-style robot apocalypse a possibility?

And why are scientists afraid to talk about it?

13.4k

Jul 27th 2014, 5:30 PM

# News Fix

Here's What Happened Today: Tuesday

Everyone’s talking about Garth Brooks, the cabinet reshuffle and Google smartphones for robots…

16.1k

Jul 8th 2014, 10:58 PM