A new study shows that people who proactively reorganise their family routines — such as adjusting childcare schedules or redistributing domestic responsibilities — are more likely to demonstrate adaptability and innovation at work.
Researchers…
Category: Industrial
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Video Friday: Discover SPIDAR the Flying Robot
Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion.
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Emotional expressions shape how help is received in the workplace
The way people express emotions while helping others can influence whether their assistance is welcomed, resented, or reciprocated, according to new research from Washington State University’s Carson College of Business.
The study, led by Stephen…
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Stars or numbers? How rating formats change consumer behavior
What’s the difference between a product rating of 3.5 displayed with stars versus standard numerals? It might very well be the difference between a 4 and a 3 rating in the eyes of the consumer, according to new marketing research from the Cornell…
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Robot Videos: Battlefield Triage, Firefighting Drone, and More
Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion.
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Giant Robotic Bugs: Farming’s New Revolution
Being long and skinny and wiggly is a strategy that’s been wildly successful for animals, ever since there have been animals, more or less. Roboticists, eternally jealous of biology, have taken notice of this, and have spent decades trying to…
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Recognition from colleagues helps employees cope with bad work experiences
Being appreciated by colleagues can help employees cope with negative experiences at work, according to a new study involving the University of East Anglia (UEA).
Researchers found that employees experience ’embitterment’ — an emotional response…
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Cartwheel Robotics’ Social Humanoid for the Home
The main assumption about humanoid robotics that the industry is maknig right now is that the most realistic near-term pathway to actually making money is in either warehouses or factories. It’s easy to see where this assumption comes from:…
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Robot Videos: Robotic Horse, Edible Robots, and More
Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion.
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Vulcan Robots: Amazon’s Stowing Game-Changer
At an event in Dortmund, Germanytoday, Amazon announced a new robotic system called Vulcan, which the company is calling “its first robotic system with a genuine sense of touch—designed to transform how robots interact with the physical…
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