New Release: Once Upon a Dance – Kim Fielding
QSFer Kim Fielding has a new MM sci-fi/fairy tale retelling: Once Upon a Dance. Dom is an aging house-android, toiling away for the cruel and ungrateful owners of an inn. … Read more
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Elon Musk: Tesla To Launch Humanoid Robot Next Year
Tesla Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk on Thursday said the electric automaker will probably launch a “Tesla Bot” humanoid robot prototype next year, designed for dangerous, repetitive, or boring work … Read more
THE FUTURE IS HERE: NYPD Deploys a Robot Dog in Public Housing
The NYPD’s robot dog is once again stirring privacy concerns and cyberpunk prophesies of some New Yorkers, after the four-legged machine was spotted inside of a Manhattan public housing complex … Read more
Boston Dynamics “Robot Dog” Trains to Explore the Caverns of Mars
Mars exploration is going to the dogs. The robot dogs, that is. Scientists are equipping four-legged, animal-mimicking robots with artificial intelligence (AI) and an array of sensing equipment to help … Read more
FOR READERS: I [Like] Robot
FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Kevin Klehr: Robots that have fascinated you in fiction and real life. Was it their look? Their personality or lack of one? … Read more
In Today’s Robot News…
Boston Dynamics, the company that has chronicled its development of robots characterized by viewers as both entertaining and terrifying, has launched its 4-legged canine-like Spot robot. Writes Boston Dynamics: “Spot … Read more
ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: A Fall in Autumn, by Michael G. Williams
QSFer Michael G. Williams has a new queer sci fi book out: A Fall in Autumn. WELCOME TO THE LAST OF THE GREAT FLYING CITIES It’s 9172, YE (Year of … Read more
TECH: Humanoid Robot Atlas Can Now Do Parkour – That’s Not at All Terrifying
Remember Atlas, the robot that can run like a person? It can now do a lot more than that. Robotics company Boston Dynamics posted a new video on YouTube showcasing … Read more
FOR WRITERS: The Uncanny Valley
FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Aidee Ladnier: Why aren’t there more depictions of the uncanny valley? Do we really want AI and robots that we can’t distinguish … Read more
Sophia, the First Robot Citizen
In a video that’s as unsettling as it is awe-inspiring, Sophia — the world’s first robot citizen — breaks down everything from gender to ethical robot design. Sophia spoke last … Read more