A 6-foot fighting robot was unveiled in San Francisco by REK at an empty warehouse that will soon be transformed into a humanoid robot one-stop shop.
Meet Jose, an AI humanoid robot who will greet passengers at San Jose Mineta Airport for four months, answering their questions and giving them information about some of the local attractions.
Video from Haidilao Hot Pot in Cupertino shows a now-viral robot dancing wildly, knocking items off a table as employees step in trying to restrain it. Reportedly, human error was to blame.
Scientists with the San Francisco Estuary Institute are deploying robotic stormwater samplers in creeks to track pollutants before they reach San Francisco Bay. The devices collect real-time samples during storms to help researchers trace toxic pollution back to its source and protect the Bay ecosystem.
Answering the question, "Why move two-pound burritos in two-ton cars?" a Redwood City company has built autonomous sidewalk delivery robots already completing orders in several cities and is hoping for a commercial launch in San Francisco soon.
"AI toys simply don't act the way a real human would, they don't need anything from you- they don't ever disagree with you, and so it's really unclear how that's going to impact children's development moving forward."