Articles about Robot

Amazon discontinues Astro for Business robot security guard to focus on Astro home robot

Astro is leaving its job to spend more time with family. Amazon informed customers and employees Wednesday morning that it… Read More

Seattle VC says this startup is the ‘fastest growing company I’ve seen’ in 23 years of investing

Weeds may be a fast-growing headache for farmers, but a startup building machinery powered by artificial intelligence to zap them… Read More

Company targets ‘walkable’ Seattle with robot that carries your stuff – but is $3k price tag a heavy lift?

Watch your back, Seattle. The robots are hoping to follow you. Boston-based Piaggio Fast Forward is targeting the Emerald City… Read More

Pizza making robot startup Zume will shut down Seattle office as part of company-wide layoffs

Zume is shutting down its Seattle engineering office amid widespread layoffs at the pizza making robotics company. The Bay Area-based… Read More

Not just another robot idea at CES, Picnic pizza platform will churn out real pies to feed crowds

The only thing more attention grabbing than the technology at the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas might be… Read More

Extra cheese, please: Restaurant tech startup Picnic lands $5M for pizza robot

Seattle startup Picnic, which makes robots for the restaurant industry, raised $5 million in a seed round led by Creative… Read More

Secretive Seattle startup Picnic unveils pizza-making robot — here’s how it delivers 300 pies/hour

After three years of quietly toiling away on a robotic food system, Seattle startup Picnic has emerged from stealth mode… Read More

TLDR: A more ‘humanlike’ Alexa, Spin’s uncertain future in Seattle, fighting robots at Seattle Art Fair

Today’s featured stories A more ‘humanlike’ Alexa? Amazon shows off ‘home of the future’ and what’s next for voice AI… Read More

New hotel south of Seattle features a robot that makes room-service deliveries

Vroom-vroom service! A new hotel that opened last week south of Seattle features a zippy little robot that will roam… Read More

TLDR: A ride-hailing app without surge pricing, meet Apple’s new recycling robot, James Comey to visit Amazon

[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s daily news rundown, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube for every… Read More

Are you dumber than a robot? Amazon ‘Turing Test via Failure’ flips CAPTCHA on its head in nod to AI

To err is human. To prove you’re not a computer by making a mistake is divine. That’s the premise of… Read More

Don’t flip out, but even the robots are more athletic than you — watch the latest from Boston Dynamics

I can’t even do jumping jacks without fear of pulling something. Now the robots do backflips?! In a new video… Read More

This robot can build a 50-foot-wide house all by itself in 14 hours, at MIT or on Mars

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have created a double-armed, laser-guided robot that can basically 3-D print a 50-foot-wide… Read More

Gundam? Alien? It’s Jeff Bezos, piloting a giant robot at Amazon’s MARS conference

If you’re one of Amazon’s competitors, be afraid. Be very afraid. Jeff Bezos, the Seattle-based online giant’s billionaire founder, has… Read More

Bot or not? We may never know as robot checks CAPTCHA box and does a ‘mic’ drop

Don’t underestimate robots, or their ability to get around the ridiculous CAPTCHA services that are designed to keep internet scammers… Read More

This video of monkeys mourning their adopted robot baby will hit you right in the feels

We could all use a good cry right about now. If you’re feeling jaded and cynical from recent news, watch… Read More

Watch Charlie Rose interview a realistic-looking robot and ask her if she has feelings

Sometimes my young son talks to Siri as if she’s a real person and, admittedly, it creeps me out a… Read More

This University of Washington spin-out can charge robots and drones wirelessly

WiBotic is coming out of stealth mode. The University of Washington spin-out today revealed more details about its technology that wirelessly… Read More

Video: SpotMini robot will clean up your house — when it’s not slipping on banana peels

The latest robot dog-like thing from Boston Dynamics — that we would totally want but be totally afraid of —… Read More

Google’s intention to sell Boston Dynamics could be opportunity for Amazon Robotics

If Google is frightened of robots that could one day take jobs away from humans, Amazon certainly hasn’t shown the… Read More

Watch Boston Dynamics’ next-gen Atlas robot do warehouse work (and bounce back from bullying)

We already know that Boston Dynamics’ robots can run with the big dogs and go dashing through the snow. But… Read More

Watch this robot receptionist greet shoppers at a Tokyo department store

A major Tokyo department store has placed a robot receptionist at the front to greet customers today. As reported by… Read More

This robot can teach you how to play golf and find that perfect swing

If you want to figure out how to fix that nasty slice that’s been hampering your golf game for years,… Read More

The crazy surgical robot in Ender’s Game was built at the University of Washington

If you happen to catch “Ender’s Game” at the theaters this weekend, there’s a little Seattle love in the form… Read More

Romotive shows new ‘training’ options for iPhone robots

SAN FRANCISCO — A popular iPhone-powered robot just got a whole lot more customizable. Romotive, the TechStars Seattle-incubated robotics startup… Read More