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The Cat's Meow: Try to Outrun This Robotic Feline

Move aside, Grumpy Cat. This is the coolest cat you'll see on the Internet today. Full story

Don't Hurt That Robot! How Morality Muddles Perception of a Mind

Although people can't directly experience the consciousness of another, they take for granted that other people have minds — that others can think, remember, experience pleasure and feel pain. Full story

Smarter Than C-3PO: Future Robots Will Work in Teams, Scientist Says

In the next few decades, teams of roving robots will take to the seas, the air and other hard-to-reach spots, communicating with one another and working to solve scientific problems, according to a Canadian scientist. Full story

Body-Double: Lifelike Android Demoed at Futuristic Conference

NEW YORK — An extremely humanlike robot made a public appearance today (June 15) here at the Global Futures 2045 International Congress, a futuristic conference focused on the technological singularity. Full story

Russian tycoon wants to move mind to machine

Can the City That Never Sleeps become the City That Never Dies? A Russian multimillionaire thinks so. Full story

Local Farmer Uses Robots

Farmers are calling it the wave of the future - robots doing jobs that used to belong to humans. One local dairy farmer is giving the new technology a try ... Robots now milk all of his cows. Full story

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The Nanodoctor Will See You: Tiny Particles May Help Fight Disease

UN expert urges moratorium on 'killer robots'

Robots to drones, Australia eyes high-tech farm help to grow food

The good, the bad and the ugly on a Hawaiian Mars

Can a Floating Robot Save a Polluted Canal?

U.N. investigator seeks world moratorium on 'killer robots'

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  Boeing turns to robots for painting efficiency

To cut weight and increase fuel efficiency Boeing utilizes robot painters to achieve a perfect paint job on aircraft's wings. KING's Glenn Farley reports.

  Stinky feet? Robotic pooch lets you know

Researchers in Japan show off their odor sniffing robot dog that rolls over and plays dead when your feet smell bad. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.

  Blade Wolf drops for 'Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance'

Everyone's favorite blad wielding robot of destruction is back in new Blade Wolf DLC. NBCNews.com's Todd Kenreck reports.

  click3: Empathizing with abused robots

A women's group in England invites Captain Colin Darch to come speak on piracy, and they show up dressed up like fictonal, swashbuckling pirates—only to about Captain Darch's pirate-filled backstory; a Reddit user points us to an animated film of a 65-year-old mother trying to explain the plot of "T

  Nobel Peace Prize winner seaks ban on 'killer robots'

A coalition of groups wants an international treaty to prevent the use of lethal robots. NBCNews.com's Todd Kenreck reports.

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