SOME IOWA RESTAURANTS ARE HIRING ROBOTS TO SOLVE THEIR WORKER SHORTAGE. TISIA: WE’VE MENTIONED FOR MONTHS NOW THAT ITS BEEN HARD FOR SERVICE INDUSTRIES TO RESTAFF AFTER SHUTTING DOWN DURING THE ...

Environmental Services team at Dubuque hospital with R2D2, the cleaning robot. (Photo courtesy of Finley Hospital) Three robots are at work in a northeast Iowa hospital, making the final sweep to make ...

It's probably the most common complaint among Iowa employers: There are never enough workers. The numbers show it's not just casual griping. Over the past two decades, the size of Iowa's workforce has ...

Gerri Nichols was able to walk out of the hospital just one week after suffering a stroke. The 69-year-old Clinton woman attributes her recovery to timely diagnosis and treatment, including use of a ...

Iowa is joining a growing number of states making it legal to use robots for deliveries in areas where foot traffic is allowed, like sidewalks and crosswalks. They’re called PDDs — personal delivery ...

AMES, Iowa – The small robots in Ran Dai’s basement lab at Iowa State University look like fancy electronic toys. But they’re really very smart. And they’re getting smarter. Dai, an Iowa State ...

CORALVILLE, Iowa (KCRG) - Hundreds gathered at Xtream Arena in Coralville Saturday for the FIRST Tech Challenge Iowa Championship. 72 high school and middle school teams from around Iowa and parts of ...

AMES, Iowa – The tiny tube circled an ant’s thorax, gently trapping the insect and demonstrating the utility of a microrobotic tentacle developed by Iowa State University engineers. “Most robots use ...

Mar. 3—OSKALOOSA — Iowa's first robot combat competition is coming to Oskaloosa March 12, thanks to 18-year-old Lucas Phillips. Phillips has been involved in robot combat for about four years, so he ...