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# robots - Friday 20 December, 2019
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?
# robots - Friday 25 October, 2019
An Irish robot called Stevie made the cover of Time magazine
The robot was built and designed in Trinity College Dublin.
# robots - Monday 9 September, 2019
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.
# robots - Tuesday 25 June, 2019
Robots to take 20 million jobs in the manufacturing industry by 2030
Robots have already taken over millions of manufacturing jobs.
# robots - Thursday 17 January, 2019
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.
# robots - Sunday 30 December, 2018
Poll: Are you worried a robot could take your job?
The Taoiseach has said “almost anyone in employment at all levels” could be affected.
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.
# robots - Sunday 25 March, 2018
Bye-bye pizza guy, no more spice bag shame: The future of getting a takeaway
Oh, and… hello flying robots.
# robots - Saturday 3 February, 2018
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.
# robots - Monday 21 August, 2017
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.”
# robots - Sunday 16 July, 2017
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.
# robots - Saturday 8 July, 2017
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.
# robots - Sunday 23 April, 2017
# robots - Thursday 12 January, 2017
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.
# robots - Saturday 31 December, 2016
Driverless cars - another step towards Big Brother?
“Data is the new oil,” Intel chief executive Brian Krzanich said last month.
# robots - Monday 3 October, 2016
Meet Kirobo, Toyota's new friendly robot that could cure your loneliness
The ‘companion robot’ keeps you company but is far from smart.
# robots - Friday 24 June, 2016
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.
# robots - Thursday 2 June, 2016
Tech billionaire believes robots will reduce us to the role of a 'house cat'
And that’s the good scenario.
# robots - Friday 8 April, 2016
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.
# robots - Tuesday 1 March, 2016
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.
# robots - Wednesday 24 February, 2016
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.
# robots - Thursday 3 December, 2015
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.
# robots - Saturday 26 September, 2015
Robot owners told not to have sex with them
Want to grab some Java?
# robots - Tuesday 11 August, 2015
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.
# robots - Monday 3 August, 2015
# robots - Tuesday 28 July, 2015
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.
# robots - Sunday 19 July, 2015
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.
# robots - Saturday 30 May, 2015
These are the 20 jobs most likely to be taken over by robots
Is yours one of them?
# robots - Friday 29 May, 2015
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.
# robots - Tuesday 10 February, 2015
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.
# robots - Friday 2 January, 2015
Russia is training killer robots, as you do
Should we be alarmed?
# robots - Monday 1 December, 2014
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.
# robots - Wednesday 3 September, 2014
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.
# robots - Monday 25 August, 2014
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.
# robots - Sunday 10 August, 2014
These freaky self-assembled robots build themselves from flat pack
It’s all over people, we don’t have a prayer.
# robots - Wednesday 6 August, 2014
'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?’”
# robots - Sunday 27 July, 2014
Is a Terminator-style robot apocalypse a possibility?
And why are scientists afraid to talk about it?
# robots - Tuesday 8 July, 2014
Here's What Happened Today: Tuesday
Everyone’s talking about Garth Brooks, the cabinet reshuffle and Google smartphones for robots…
NASA's space robots are getting Google smartphones
The Project Tango devices would allow the robots to sense sharp angles inside the space station and create a 3D map that would allow them to navigate the space station.
# robots - Tuesday 24 June, 2014
Japan has unveiled android 'news readers' and they're extremely creepy
These are not the droids we were looking for. At all. Ever.
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Poll: Is it fair to ask politicians about their own personal drug use?
TAOISEACH LEO VARADKAR and Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin went head-to-head in the first live televised election debate last night where a range of issues from healthcare to housing were discussed.
One moment that set people talking was towards the end of the debate when presenter Pat Kenny asked each of the candidates if they have ever used illegal drugs.
While Martin instantly replied that he has never taken illegal drugs, Varadkar said he already answered this question in an interview several years ago. After he was pressed for an answer from Kenny and Martin, Varadkar admitted he had used illegal drugs but said it was “obviously a long time ago.”
Speaking on the Tonight Show after the debate, Fr Peter McVerry dismissed it as a pointless question, adding that only people buying drugs regularly should have to account for their moral decision.
It is clear that a wider debate is to be had around personal drug use and how much of this should be shared by those running for elected office.
So today we’re asking you: Is it fair to ask politicians about their own personal drug use?
Poll Results:
Yes (7536)
No (5253)
I'm not sure (601)
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Lise Hand: Will they? Won't they? Shades of Love Island as big parties can't avoid recoupling talk
By Lise Hand - @liseinthecity
Opinion: Young people don't vote? You may be right, but we might surprise you
By Adam Hallissey and Ben Quigley - @progressbrief
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