Robotic age poses ethical dilemma
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The South Korean government is drawing up an ethical code to prevent humans abusing  robots and vice versa.
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An untethered, autonomous robot rummaging around a geothermal sinkhole may herald the future of deep ocean -- and deep space -- robotics. By Emmet Cole.
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Nothing can possibly go wrong ... go wrong ... go wrong ...The truth behind the old joke is that most robots are programmed with a fairly rigid &quot;model&quot; of what they and the world around them are like.
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Within 50 years, biotech will suffuse everyday life just as computer technology does now -- so says Freeman Dyson.  It's not new, but the futurist describes his vision, from DIY genetic engineering for pigeon fanciers and schoolchildren to green industrial.
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Has it come to this? Robots standing in for doctors at the hospital patients' bedside?
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Several research teams are developing robots made of smart building blocks that can morph into different forms to perform a broad variety of tasks. The bots are to be used in space missions and in search-and-rescue efforts. By Lakshmi Sandhana.
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A new robot is intended to serve the elderly by dispensing affection in the form of long-distance hugs.
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Technology challenges us to question our assumptions about love, fidelity and who we can have sex with. Commentary by Regina Lynn.
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Surgical robots' CEO takes us inside this innovative company.
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Researchers developing robotic lobsters, flies, dogs cockroaches believe that machines inspired by biology will be able to operate in places where today's robots cannot go.
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The use of robots around the home to mow lawns, vacuum floors, pull guard duty and perform other chores is set to surge sevenfold by 2007, says a new U.N. survey, which credits dropping prices for the robot boom.
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When 11-year-old Tomohiro Yasui fashioned paper replacements for his fighting robots, he had no idea what he was starting. By Lisa Katayama from Wired magazine.
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Let's not get carried away in our speculation about what robots will and won't do to sex. In Sex Drive Daily.
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Robot sales to consumers and enterprises are on the verge of exploding, according to a new study.
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Technological changes and   personal privacy have been at odds ever since modern notions of   privacy emerged more than a century ago.
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Dominated by home-cleaning gadgets, the consumer robotics market is expanding with the arrival of 'bots that can spy inside your home when you're away or arrange virtual meetings of family or friends.
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BALTIMORE -- Has it come to this? Robots standing in for doctors at the hospital patients' bedside?