Toyota partners with AI startup Preferred Networks on building helper robots for humans August 7, 2019 https://techcrunch.com/2019/08/07/t...etworks-on-building-helper-robots-for-humans/ Toyota: Toyota and Preferred Networks to Begin Joint Development on Service Robots that Cater to Market Needs
Robotic Nurse That Helps You Dress Could Aid Staff Shortage August 22, 2019 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...that-helps-you-dress-could-aid-staff-shortage
Nurse robot set to make the rounds at major hospitals Healthcare is a new hotbed of automation, and this robot is officially out of beta October 11, 2019 https://www.zdnet.com/article/nurse-robot-is-now-making-the-rounds-at-major-hospitals/
LG to test Cloi robots in children's hospital November 18, 2019 https://www.zdnet.com/article/lg-to-test-cloi-robots-in-childrens-hospital/
SoftBank Robotics launches a $499 monthly robotic vacuum service November 19, 2019 https://www.zdnet.com/article/softbank-launches-robotic-vacuum/
Grocery-carrying robots are coming. Do we need them? November 25, 2019 https://apnews.com/57a4bd0719a1481ab234a01be45c42cc
NASA’s second free-flying assistant robot gets to work November 26, 2019 https://techcrunch.com/2019/11/26/nasas-second-free-flying-assistant-robot-gets-to-work/
KT launches service robot in hotel KT's N bot can get on elevators on its own to deliver goods to guests at their rooms December 2, 2019 https://www.zdnet.com/article/kt-launches-service-robot-in-hotel/
Amazon proposes a home robot that asks you questions when it’s confused December 4, 2019 https://venturebeat.com/2019/12/04/...ot-that-asks-you-questions-when-its-confused/
Volkswagen Dreams Up Robot That Brings Charger to Your Parked EV December 27, 2019 https://www.geek.com/tech/volkswagen-dreams-up-robot-that-brings-charger-to-your-parked-ev-1814940/
Spot the Robot Dog Trots Into the Big, Bad World Boston Dynamics' creation is starting to sniff out its role in the workforce January 23, 2020 https://www.wired.com/story/spot-the-robot-dog-trots-into-the-big-bad-world/ Engadget: Boston Dynamics gives its robot dog a developer SDK
"Robots delivering food to people trapped in quarantined hotel in China in efforts to stop the spread of deadly coronavirus... The robots were programmed to stop by the room doors to deliver meals and sing to entertain the guests while they were in the quarantined zone to contain the deadly disease..." https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...d-people-trapped-quarantined-hotel-China.html
"PETA calls for Punxsutawney Phil to retire, be replaced with AI robot for Groundhog Day... https://www.fox5ny.com/news/peta-ca...e-be-replaced-with-ai-robot-for-groundhog-day
"Robots To The Rescue: How High-Tech Machines Are Being Used To Contain The Wuhan Coronavirus... ...a device called Vici that allowed them to interact with their patient not in person, but through a screen...The telehealth device, which looks like a tablet on wheels that doctors can use to talk to patients and perform basic diagnostic functions, like taking their temperature... ...robots are delivering both food and medical supplies to people suspected of having the virus...a hospital in southern China has rolled out bots to deliver medicine and collect bed sheets and rubbish... ...there’s surging demand for cleaning and disinfecting robots...that use pulsed xenon UV-C light to wipe out pathogens...are currently being used to clean rooms at facilities with suspected cases of the Wuhan coronavirus... ...germ-killing machines ...at the city’s international airport...disinfecting inbound planes from China...fits in the interior of a plane like a puzzle piece and delivers high doses of ultraviolet light to the surfaces that you are most in contact with in a long haul flight...” https://www.forbes.com/sites/jillia...o-contain-the-wuhan-coronavirus/#c5571b417799
