RP-VITA is designed to navigate around hospitals on its own and has a 15-inch LCD screen as a face.

Hospitals and clinics have a new tool to combat the spread of drug-resistant superbugs from patient to patient.

While the robots do look a bit unsettling – like Sonny from I, Robot with bad skin – it’s definitely a compelling project that could really change the way we think about 3D printing at home.

via A French Artist Is Posting DIY Robot Parts So We Can Print Our Own Androids | TechCrunch.

"The jobs that are going away aren't coming back," says Andrew McAfee, principal research scientist at the Center for Digital Business at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and co-author of "Race Against the Machine."

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The Goliath tracked mine - complete German name: Leichter Ladungsträger Goliath (Sd.Kfz. 302/303a/303b) - was a remote controlled German-engineered demolition vehicle, also known as the beetle tank to Allies.

Service robots are machines that are, to a certain extent, able to execute services independently for the convenience of human beings,' the researchers say. 'Since they share their 'living space' with people, userfriendliness and safety are of great importance'.

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