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  1. vulture lists
    The 17 Best Robot Movies of All TimeEver since the early years of cinema — even before the term “robot” was coined, in fact — the movies have been obsessed with them.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  2. beep boop
    Your Move, M3ganDisney wants you to meet a roller-skating bunny robot that is designed to “have an emotional connection” with you.
    By Jennifer Zhan
  3. screen time
    Elon Musk’s Incredible Shrinking FutureHe charmed his fans with visions of Mars and cool cars. But an “everything app” just sounds like a nightmare.
    By John Herrman
  4. rage against the machines
    Who Will Save Us From the Russian Chess Robots?A robot grabbed and broke a kid’s finger during their chess match at a tournament in Moscow last week.
    By Chas Danner
  5. beijing winter olympics
    Robots Are Taking Over the OlympicsIt’s time to welcome our robot overlords.
    By Olivia Truffaut-Wong
  6. media
    Future Robot Overlord Pens Surprisingly Tender ‘Modern Love’The New York Times challenged AI to write for its romance column, and the results were, well, unexpected.
    By Amanda Arnold
  7. vision 2020
    Andrew Yang Says the Media Is Ignoring Him. Does He Have a Point?Maybe Yang and others are getting less media coverage than their poll rankings would indicate. But they don’t have plausible paths to the nomination.
    By Ed Kilgore
  8. last night on late night
    John Oliver Prepares Kids for the Inevitable Robot TakeoverA robot will take over your job one day. Allow Oliver to prepare you for that.
    By Megh Wright
  9. food tech
    Robot Drive-throughs Are the Future of Fast FoodAt least at one restaurant in Denver, Colorado.
    By Nikita Richardson
  10. a star is reborn
    Lady Gaga Is Reborn as a Las Vegas Robot WranglerDay one of her residency, complete.
    By Devon Ivie
  11. decisions
    How the Roomba Company Decided to Stop Making Bots for the MilitaryCEO Colin Angle explains why iRobot divested itself of its work for the defense industry.
    As told to Jake Swearingen
  12. robots
    Amazon Is Testing Its Cashier-less Technology for Bigger StoresIf it’s implemented at Whole Foods, employees’ worst fears would be confirmed.
    By Chris Crowley
  13. technology
    Google Duplex Still Cant Get Its Disclosure RightGoogle said Duplex, its AI system that makes phone calls for you, would disclose it is a robot at the start of all calls. It’s not doing quite that.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  14. global tech
    Kind Companion Robots Help Qatar’s Autistic Children SocializeResearchers at Qatar University in Doha are programming robots to make autistic children feel more comfortable around other people.
    By Morgan Sykes
  15. promos
    SNL Fires Up the Old Jonah Hill Robot for This Week’s PromoLooks like the real Jonah Hill won’t be hosting after all.
    By Megh Wright
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    Sony’s Newest Aibo Is Very Cute and Very ExpensiveIt also requires a service plan.
    By Brian Feldman
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    I Tried to Build My Own DJ Roomba and It Nearly Broke MeParks and Rec fans be warned: Tom Haverford made it look easy.
    By Devon Ivie
  18. robots
    Robots Still Suck at Making LattesCafe X’s $25,000 machine can crank out 120 visually underwhelming craft coffees per hour.
    By Clint Rainey
  19. Watch: Are Grain Bowls Made by Robots the Food of the Future?Spyce is now serving lunch made by mechanical cooks.
    By Madeline Muzzi
  20. How Close Are We To Real-Life Westworld Robots?And how should we treat them when we get them?
    By Granger Willson
  21. robots
    A Burger Chain Added a Burger-Flipping Robot — It Lasted for a DayFlippy already needs a bit of retooling.
    By Clint Rainey
  22. Men Find Me Intimidating Just Because I’m a Sentient Robot Sent Here From […] When I first arrived at these time-vector coordinates to stalk and kill John Connor, future leader of the human resistance, I didn’t realize […]
    By Brian Boone
  23. robots
    Flippy the Burger–Flipping Robot Just Secured $10 Million in FundingThe future of grilling debuts soon in CaliBurger, and has backing from one of the U.S.’s biggest hospitality groups.
    By Clint Rainey
  24. passive aggressive robots
    Sophia the Robot Waits Until the Perfect Moment to Get Revenge on Chrissy TeigenA robot never forgets a shady tweet.
    By Lisa Ryan
  25. the chain gang
    Jack in the Box CEO: It ‘Just Makes Sense’ to Replace Workers With RobotsWhat fast-food chain wants to pay humans ever-increasing wages?
    By Clint Rainey
  26. dystopia
    Party During Tech Expo Features Robot StrippersCES seems to be going great so far.
    By Gabriella Paiella
  27. robots
    Get Ready to Order Burgers With Your FaceCaliBurger has debuted the country’s first facial-recognition sales system.
    By Clint Rainey
  28. robots
    Is Robot Trump a Better Speaker Than Real Trump?Yes.
    By Madeleine Aggeler
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    Someone Knocked This Robot Security Guard Over and Covered It in Barbecue SauceIt was also covered in a tarp!
    By Paris Martineau
  30. motherhood
    Even Female Robots Can’t Avoid the ‘Do You Want Kids?’ QuestionRobots: They’re just like us.
    By Madeleine Aggeler
  31. grocery wars
    Whole Foods Is Actually Hiring Another 6,000 Human WorkersA small victory against Amazon’s robot overlords.
    By Clint Rainey
  32. the future
    All-Automated Chain Eatsa Didn’t Impress Diners With Its Fancy Vending MachinesScore one for live cashiers.
    By Clint Rainey
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    Robot Security Guard Commits Suicide in Public FountainSelf-inflicted short circuit.
    By Jake Swearingen
  34. grocery wars
    Amazon Will Likely Cut Warehouse Jobs First at Whole FoodsThousands of robots will take over.
    By Clint Rainey
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    Google Sells Boston Dynamics, Maker of Unnerving RobotsIt took over a year to find a buyer for Boston Dynamics.
    By Jake Swearingen
  36. Working With Robots Helps People Get AlongNew research found that introducing AI into a group made its human members more flexible and collaborative.
    By Thomas MacMillan
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    Welcome to the Future, Where Packages Are Delivered by Horrifying Robot DogsWho is a good dog? Answer: NOT THIS ONE.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
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    Drunk Man Arrested for Showing Robot Security Guard Who Is the BossThe 300-pound bot was patrolling in Mountain View when the incident occurred.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
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    No, I Would Not Let This Robot Stab Around My Hand With a KnifeTechnology has gone too far.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
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    A Mysterious Robot Is Printing Out Trump’s Tweets and Setting Them on FireLiteral fire tweets.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
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    Find Someone Who Looks at You Like This Little Girl Looks at This ‘Robot’“I wuv you, wobot.”
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  42. robots
    The Robots Have Finally Arrived to Take Our Burger-Flipping JobsThe chain CaliBurger is swapping its human cooks with a robot named Flippy.
    By Clint Rainey
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    Google’s Newest Robot Is a Leaping, Rolling, 6.5-Foot MenaceIts name is Handle, and it can jump four feet in the air.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  44. the machines
    Get Ready for the Robo-Barista RevolutionAutomated coffee maker Cafe X has landed in San Francisco.
    By Chris Crowley
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    Is This GIF Robot Awesome or Terrifying?The way its little mechanical neck moves is something else.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  46. the future
    The Limits, and Possibilities, of a Robot ChefThe chef of the future makes only one dish: crab bisque. So it better be tasty.
    By David Marchese
  47. hairy situations
    This New Hairbrush Is Totally Judging YouPay $200 and get hair-shamed by a robot.
    By Ashley Weatherford
  48. This Creepy Baby Robot Is Teaching Scientists How Real Babies LearnWhen it’s not busy haunting your nightmares.
    By Cari Romm
  49. Roomba’s Long, Bumpy Path From Prototype to Your Living RoomIt’s fair to say the project hit some walls. Inventor Joe Jones walked us through the ten-year odyssey of getting his adorable robot vacuum to market.
    By Kenneth R. Rosen
  50. health
    What Scientists Are Learning From a Chain-Smoking RobotIt could be an important breakthrough for better understanding what tobacco does to the human respiratory system.
    By Jesse Singal
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