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Greek News
Greek City of Trikala First in Europe to Deploy Delivery Droids
The Greek city of Trikala will be the first in Europe to pilot fully automated 'delivery droids' in the city center.
The project is a collaboration of e-Trikala, the University Research Institute of Communication and Computer Systems (EPISEY) and the...
Ancient Greece
Ancient Greeks Predicted Robots, Claims Stanford Historian
Ancient Greeks not only created the foundations of modern civilization, but they also predicted robots and other future technological innovations, according to a book on the subject.
Stanford University historian Dr. Adrienne Mayor, in Gods and Robots argues that Greek...
Technology
Robots Making French Fries Faster, Better Than Humans
An automation company in Southern California has rolled out robots, arguably believed to be faster and better than humans, that automate the process of making French fries.
Miso Robotics Inc in Pasadena recently rolled out the Flippy 2 robot which...
Greek News
Greek Post office Adds Mini Robots to Sorting System
Hellenic Post is expanding the use of autonomous mini robots with the addition of 45 new ones to its distribution network.
Europe
Chess Robot Breaks Finger of 7-Year-Old Opponent
A chess robot grabbed and broke the finger of a seven-year-old opponent in Moscow because the boy ‘violated’ the safety rules of the game by taking his turn too quickly.
Local media outlets have reported that the chess-playing robot was...
Greece
World's Largest Robotics Festival to Be Held in Athens in April 2020
Europe's largest festival and competition revolving around robotics, called the Robotex Festival, will be held in Athens on April 4-5, 2020, at Athens' Serafeio Conference Center, it was recently announced. The robotics event is widely believed to be the...
Greece
Wikipedia Robots Fight Over Alexander the Great
Humans and software robots (bots) fight over the content of the Alexander the Great entry in Wikipedia, according to new British scientific research.
The research show that bots behave more like humans than one would expect, "unleashing" a war in...
events
Ancient Greek Robotic Technologies on Display
On the first floor of the Herakleidon Museum Annex on Apostolou Pavlou Street in central Athens there is an automatic maid that looks like it came out of Star Trek. Surprisingly, it was made hundreds of years ago by Philon...
Australia
White Paper Creates New Jobs
Robots and computers will create new jobs and will also ensure the viability of many sectors in the Australian industry, Greek scientist Dr. Peter Kambouris maintains.
Kambouris is an executive member of the Australian Research Organization (CSIRO) and also a...