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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Rapid advances in robot development are leading to a whole new generation of tools and toys.
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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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Latest robotic development suggests the company might not just be leaping its automotive competitors.
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Researchers developing robotic lobsters, flies, dogs and cockroaches believe that machines inspired by biology will be able to operate in places where today's robots cannot go.
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A robotic arm able to carry out an intricate life-saving heart operation is being pioneered by UK surgeons.
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Japan is pretty serious about robotics. If the droids are going to fit in, they probably need to learn the Japanese custom of serving tea.
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Robots will be truly useful when they get sensitive arms and hands, plus the programming to use them properly.
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The Lab judging panel will be busy this weekend picking a winner in the speak-to-the-Prime-Designer contest. (You can still enter today.) As they toil tirelessly, let us ponder this designerâs ethics, and whether it&#8217;s better to live in simulated joy or be really miserable. The posthuman Prime Designer may not care much what our puny [...].
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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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The U.S. Army has plans to let robots handle war's dirty work.
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It may eat flies and stink to high heaven, but if this robot works, it will be an important step towards making robots fully autonomous.
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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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Sci-fi like Michael Crichton's "Next" brings up the most important ethical conversations we're not having
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Reproduction experts in Chicago might have an elegant solution to the explosive moral dilemma posed by embryonic stem-cell research. By Kristen Philipkoski.
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Robots may be used as home health care workers in Norway in coming years.
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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.