Drones do awkward dance to avoid crashing
26 November 2014
A new collision avoidance system for drones lets them see each other on camera and take steps to minimise the risk of crashing mid-air
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Can Google Express deliver on same-day shopping?
17 October 2014
Google has found another way to reach into our lives with its same-day delivery service. But it needs to harness new technology to make Google Express viable
Ethical trap: robot paralysed by choice of who to save
10 September 2014
Can a robot learn right from wrong? Attempts to imbue robots, self-driving cars and military machines with a sense of ethics reveal just how hard this is
ButtonMasher: Photorealism takes gaming deeper
8 July 2014
A new wave of games uses thousands of photos to recreate every detail of the real world and heighten our sense of immersion
Harvey, the robot farmer fixing the US labour shortage
18 June 2014
It's getting harder to find people to work on farms in the US – robo-farmers are shifting plants and could soon be picking strawberries in their place
Drone law: Flying into a legal twilight zone
14 May 2014
You can buy a drone in a toy store and they're all over YouTube – but US law still doesn't know what to do with them
Facebook drones alone won't help the offline world
12 March 2014
Big tech firms like Facebook and Google want to bring the internet to the poor world, but their high-flying access points can be only part of the solution
Backlash against civilian drones begins
27 February 2013
Hide from them, shoot them down or just have them banned? Privacy fears are sparking widespread rejection of civilian drones by the US public
