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• Why SoftBank's Pepper could become the iPhone of robots

  It can't cook or clean or do laundry, but SoftBank's Pepper could become the first breakout humanoid consumer robot and the vanguard of an era of mechanized, cloud-connected assistants.

• iRobot CEO decries the slow advance of robotics

  The CEO of one of the biggest and arguably the best-known robotics companies in the world is disappointed at the progress being made in the industry, which he says is nowhere near where he thought it would be today.

• Dyson's robot vacuum takes aim at Roomba

  Dyson has announced a robot vacuum cleaner it says can out-suck any other.

• US Army evaluates self-driving, machine gun-toting robots

  The US Army, looking to use more robots on the battlefield, this week is getting a peek at just how ready robots are to become trusted parts of the military.