Category: Robots Issue

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Stephanie Walsh Matthews sits with Max the robot.

Business & Technology Robots Issue

Children with autism interact well with robots, Rye research finds

November 2, 2016

Ryerson researchers found children with ASD can easily interact with NAO robots and a small number react to the robots' malfunctions.

Business & Technology Robots Issue

This motorized art critic can teach us something about ourselves

November 2, 2016

Professors from McMaster and Ryerson collaborated on Kulturbot, a motorized art critic that rolls around art galleries sputtering out its printed review on artistic creations and blank walls alike

Illustration showing faces of one blue and purple robot and another yellow and grey robot

Business & Technology Editorial Robots Issue

When worlds collide: our special robots issue

November 1, 2016

Some of these robots are silly, some are serious. But all of them matter

The RamsBot. PHOTO COURTESY MICHAEL MARMETO

Business & Technology Robots Issue

Ryerson’s RamsBot shoots hoops, promotes engineering

November 1, 2016

RamsBot is a robot designed to play basketball and shoot three-pointers, but it’s accomplished more than providing post-game entertainment

Students had to get their robot into the tunnel and inside a chamber in which they couldn’t see the inside. PHOTO: ROB BLAIN

Business & Technology Robots Issue

Building bots for unstable archeological digging

November 1, 2016

An ongoing robotic project at Ryerson could help researchers access unstable archeological dig sites

The Vanguard bomb disposal robot used by Toronto police. PHOTO: NIKHIL SHARMA

Business & Technology Robots Issue

The robots are coming… for your job

November 1, 2016

A report published in June said 42 per cent of the Canadian workforce is at high risk of being impacted by automation over the next two decades, meaning robots may alter many current jobs

Lauren Dwyer PHOTO: SYLVIA LORICO

Business & Technology Robots Issue

Helping people manage anxiety with robots

November 1, 2016

BB-8 might not be able to write your essays, but a robot like it could help you manage stress