Social by nature, humans interact in multiple ways—through voice, vision and touch. Reflecting these humanistic qualities, robotic capabilities are improving, and as such, human-robot interaction will ...

Robots are increasingly present in homes and healthcare facilities to assist humans in daily tasks, but communication with them can be unreliable. Brown researchers have developed a new approach to ...

A new kind of robot is taking shape, and it is not built for ...

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For decades, humanoid robots have lived behind safety cages in factories or deep inside research labs. Fauna Robotics, a New York-based robotics startup, says that era is ending. The company has ...

Even when two robots are built to perform similar jobs, different joint arrangements or movement limits mean that a task ...

In a crowded fourth-grade classroom in Chicago, a new kind of tutor is shaping how children learn about empathy, conflict, and problem-solving. These robots aren’t programmed to act like friendly ...

A female student was unexpectedly embraced by a humanoid robot during a dance performance at a university sports event in Northwest China’s Shaanxi Province, sparking discussion among Chinese netizens ...

A table tennis robot has outperformed elite players in recent evaluations. The robot, called Ace, marks a significant step ...