April 14, 2022

S3 Ep78: Darkweb hydra, Ruby, quantum computing, and a robot revolution [Podcast]

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April 12, 2022

Hospital robot system gets five critical security holes patched

Fortunately, we're not talking about a robot revolution, or about hospital AI run amuck. But these bugs could lead to ransomware, or worse...

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October 17, 2019

Robotic hand solves Rubik’s Cube by learning how to learn about it

The system figured out how to overcome little hurdles, like being nudged by a stuffed giraffe when trying to do important robot work.

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March 02, 2017

Poor robot security could lead to ‘Skynet’ nightmare, warn researchers

Generic robot tools mean robots pose some of the same risks as poorly secured IoT devices - but those fears could be overstated

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September 20, 2016

Robot arrested for allegedly recording voters at a political rally

The Promobot IR77, which had previously been re-programmed twice for mutinous behavior, did not put up any resistance when removed by police.

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May 10, 2016

Lego robot outfitted with Play-Doh finger hacks swipe-screen security

Forget telltale finger grease prints: researchers have come up with a robot that mimics the swipe touch gestures we use to get into our phones.

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February 05, 2016

Tired of telemarketers? One man has the answer…

Sick of cold-callers? One man's created a (pretty funny) bot to deal with them.

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September 09, 2015

Drunken attack on emotion-reading robot leaves it a little brain-dead

Companies reading our facial expressions and analysing our voices and body language may feel a bit creepy, but what a cute little face!

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