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Why Make a Robot That Looks Like Us

A few years ago, Richtech Robotics would call hospitality groups and offer them robots. They got laughed out of the office. The answer was always the same. We’re a people company. Now they’re building an 8,000 square foot factory in Las Vegas. Three production lines for robots and sensors, all

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Eclipsed Machinery?

Where are your eclipse sunglasses? It isn’t a dumb question because the flimsy, one use only, $2 shades are the stuff of a provocative metaphor

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Life Saver

On Monday, August 14, my wife, Risa, received a Facebook message from a woman named Diana. In 1995 they were both on a commuter train

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What are YOU selling?

I’m sitting on a wooden chair at my local Starbucks next to a kiosk of snacks I’ve never seen anybody buy. I’m sipping an iced

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