https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The Evangelical Church in Hesse and Nassau has built a robot to give out blessings to visitors in Wittenberg, Saxony-Anhalt as it celebrates the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. https://www.thelocal.de/20170531/church-creates-robot-priest-to-bless-visitors-in-martin-luther-town Wed, 31 May 2017 18:43:33 +0200 church-creates-robot-priest-to-bless-visitors-in-martin-luther-town The American pizza chain is about to launch its first deliveries via robot for its customers in Germany - no tipping required. https://www.thelocal.de/20170330/dominos-pizza-to-start-robot-delivery-in-germany Thu, 30 Mar 2017 11:55:04 +0200 dominos-pizza-to-start-robot-delivery-in-germany Instead of being greeted by the smiling face of a delivery driver, German customers could soon open the door to a robot or even a drone distributing their parcels. https://www.thelocal.de/20160805/robots-and-drones-the-future-of-delivery Fri, 05 Aug 2016 19:00:00 +0200 robots-and-drones-the-future-of-delivery Refugee children could soon be learning German with the help of a tiny humanoid robot, thanks to a new project from researchers at the University of Bielefeld. https://www.thelocal.de/20151222/robot-pals-to-teach-refugee-kids-german Tue, 22 Dec 2015 13:02:43 +0100 robot-pals-to-teach-refugee-kids-german A worker was setting up a robot at a Volkswagen factory when the machine grabbed him and pressed him against a metal slab, causing lethal injuries. https://www.thelocal.de/20150701/assembly-robot-kills-worker-at-volkswagen Wed, 01 Jul 2015 17:42:19 +0200 assembly-robot-kills-worker-at-volkswagen