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  1. A Mattress Company Launched a Service to Talk to You in the Middle of the NightHey, it’s better than texting your ex.
    By Lizzy Halberstadt and Cait Munro
  2. side chicks
    Chanel Wants You to Wear Robot Heads, Side Ponytails, and CoralCoco Roboto.
    By Kathleen Hou
  3. The Future of Room Service Is These Friendly AutomatonsBe warned: They can’t read your “do not disturb” signs.
    By Eva Hill and Cait Munro
  4. This Precious Fleet of Loyal Robots Delivers Packages From MinivansOur future overlords are also in the delivery business.
    By Kenny Wassus and Cait Munro
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    Who Needs Bankers When You Have Robots?They have already invaded the market. Their total victory is where things get interesting.
    By David Wallace-Wells
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    This Terrible Robot Dog Is Your New Best FriendThis dog is so bad. It’s perfect.
    By Brian Feldman
  7. Creepy Robot Babies Don’t Deter Teens From SpawningClearly they haven’t seen Toy Story.
    By Susan Rinkunas
  8. robobabies
    Creepy Robot Babies Don’t Deter Teens From SpawningClearly they haven’t seen Toy Story.
    By Susan Rinkunas
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    This Terrifying Robot-Snake Surgeon Could Save Your Life Some DaySay ah!
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  10. Harvard Just Developed the First Entirely Soft RobotAlso, it’s pretty cute.
    By Eva Hill and Cait Munro
  11. This Robot Is Ready to Give You the Tattoo of the Future Wherever You Want ItIt also won’t judge you.
    By Lizzy Halberstadt and Cait Munro
  12. Please Enjoy This Video of an Army of Robots Setting a Dancing World RecordLook at them go.
    By Kenny Wassus
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    Nothing to See Here But 1,000 Dancing RobotsAfter dancing for 60 seconds, these bots set a new world record.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  14. If You Don’t Live in a City and Hate Buying Tomatoes, Try This RobotGet your produce from the dirt.
    By Lizzy Halberstadt and Cait Munro
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    This Is Either the Year’s Best Horror Film or a Lovely Video of Men and a PetThe stuff of nightmares.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  16. 300-Pound Robot Security Guard Topples ToddlerUber uses the same type of guard to patrol its cars.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  17. Meet the Future of Security: A $7-an-Hour RobotUber uses this robot to patrol its cars.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  18. the future
    San Francisco Restaurant’s Robots Will Crank Out 400 Burgers an HourSay good-bye to those burger-flipping jobs.
    By Clint Rainey
  19. Engineers Finally Made a Real-life Wall-E Robot to Be Your FriendIt’s like a less creepy Furby for the millennial era.
    By Christine Nguyen and Cait Munro
  20. casting couch
    Captain Phillips Star Barkhad Abdi Joins Blade Runner SequelHe’ll be a friend or robot foe with Harrison Ford, Ryan Gosling, and Robin Wright.
    By Tolly Wright
  21. The Future
    Pizza Robots Are Almost a RealityThe founder calls it “Domino’s without the labor component.”
    By Clint Rainey
  22. Google’s Newest Robot Will Give You a Heart Attack and Help Do the Dishes2016 is terrifying, but efficient.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  23. This Is What Happens When an AI Robot Writes a Sci-Fi MovieIt’s pretty weird.
    By Kenny Wassus and Cait Munro
  24. Dad’s Robotic Harry Potter Sorting Hat Weirdly Puts Donald Trump in GryffindorThe device is powered by IBM Watson.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  25. Researchers at Harvard Created a Robotic Bee That’s Scarily LifelikeIt’s essentially a bee-shaped drone.
    By Kenny Wassus and Cait Munro
  26. Someone Invented a Roomba for Grills, and It Could Save Your SummerIt’s like a Roomba, but for grills.
    By Matt Johnston and Cait Munro
  27. The Chain Gang
    Turns Out the Robot Apocalypse Will Begin at Fast-Food RestaurantsSkynet? More like FryNet.
    By Chris Crowley
  28. hot bots
    The 11 Most Memorable Met Gala Beauty LooksThere were definitely looks. 
    By Kathleen Hou
  29. horrible things
    A Lot of People Would Actually Date That Scarlett Johansson RobotOne in four Brits say they’d be down to date a robot.
    By Catie L'Heureux
  30. This Video Game Could One Day Be Used to Treat Social AnxietyIt matches patients with avatars that act just like them.
    By Cari Romm
  31. sorry nerds
    Looks Like Robots Won’t Be Making Sex ObsoleteA new study finds that humans do not feel comfortable touching the “butts” of robots.
    By Eve Peyser
  32. from the muddy banks of the uncanny valley
    An Engineer Built a Scarlett Johansson Robot, HmCongratulations to your boyfriend on his new robot!
    By Halle Kiefer
  33. uncanny valley
    Hot Robot Feels More Emotions Than Your ExHer emotions are more complex than the average millennial male’s!
    By Eve Peyser
  34. The Chain Gang
    Fast-Food CEO Wants to Automate RestaurantsRobots are “always polite,” “always upsell,” and “never take a vacation.”
    By Clint Rainey
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    Americans Believe Robots Will Take Everyone’s Jobs But Their OwnThe American workforce is a fat sitcom husband cracking open a beer, farting into the couch, and saying, “She’s been with me too long to leave me now!”
    By Christine Friar
  36. People Blindly Follow Their Robot LeadersEven if they are clearly going the wrong way.
    By Melissa Dahl
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    Spot the Bot: Watch Google Robot Play With a DogSee Spot Run. See Spot Bark at Terrifying Robot Google Dog.
    By Sam Stecklow
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    Happy Wednesday, Meet Your DoomAs Facebook deploys fun new buttons, Google is building a terrifying robot.
    By Sam Stecklow
  39. Falling Markets Harshing Billionaires’ Mellow at DavosIlluminati winter break spoiled.
    By Eric Levitz
  40. Reasons to Love New York
    You Can Try a Robot-Brewed Pour-Over Coffee at the Chelsea Café GrumpySo new-Brooklyn it hurts. But it’s also mesmerizing fun to watch in action.
    By Christopher Bonanos
  41. the future
    Robots Could Be Making Your Next Pair of YeezysNo. 1 robot fan Kanye West must be thrilled!
    By Véronique Hyland
  42. This Robot Cord Makes the Digital Real A line-shaped robot from MIT Media Lab is the best assistant the internet could ask for. 
    By Kyle Chayka
  43. ayo technology
    Shhh, It’s Okay, the Robots Love UsThey want to whisper sweet nothings in our ears.
    By Allison P. Davis
  44. technology
    Your Driverless Car Could Be Programmed to Kill YouAdventures in the ethics of autonomous vehicles.
    By Ben Ellman
  45. ayo technology
    Sex With Robots: Something New to Worry AboutEmbrace the future?
    By Allison P. Davis
  46. behold the future
    This Creepy Robot Baby Will Force You to SmileResearchers used an animatronic infant to confirm that babies grin to make their moms do it back.
    By Susan Rinkunas
  47. social experiments
    Innocent Hitchhiking Robot Murdered by AmericaIt had successfully studied the interactions between robots and humans in Europe and Canada, until it got to Philadelphia, where somebody decapitated it. 
    By Chas Danner
  48. the future
    Could This Be the End of Passive-Aggressive Emails?A helpful new program lets you “tone check” your writing.
    By Erica Schwiegershausen
  49. graceful robots
    The Rules of Walking and Talking Like a Robot, According to Humans“Synths lead with their eyes, and the skulls kind of following.”
    By Ivan Cohen
  50. bleep bloop i can love
    Humans, and Why Robots on TV Are Just Like UsRobots on TV are a stand-in for the denigrated, asking audiences: Is this really how you treat the least among you?
    By Margaret Lyons
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