The Download: smarter AI in schools, and a robot “carnival” in Shanghai
Showcases like this event are important because they invite the public to experience robots up close. And exposure matters, as...
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I spent a day at a robot “carnival” in Shanghai. Here’s what I saw.
This busy hub houses more than 100 companies that research, develop, manufacture, and market robotic technologies and equipment. Many build...
The Download: dead robot friends and the “censorship-industrial complex”
Moxie is a robot—a 15-inch-tall device that looks a bit like a blue, legless astronaut. It belongs to a subset...
What happens when a kid’s robot best friend dies?
Moxie, though, belongs to a particular subset of these playful robots whose makers claim they can assist neurodivergent children by...
The Download: US robot restrictions, and ICE’s DNA grab
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in...
