When interacting with highly realistic humanoid robots, the simple presence of eyes strongly shapes how humans perceive the machine’s mental abilities. A recent study published in Consciousness and ...

Humanoid robots are no longer hiding in research labs somewhere. These days, they are stepping into public spaces, and they are starting to look alarmingly human. A Shanghai startup has now taken that ...

DETROIT - No, your eyes are not deceiving you. You really did see an actual robot walking around the streets of Detroit. You may have even seen it running and waving, or maybe you shook its hand. The ...

POMDP, an AI framework inspired by dogs that allows robots to use human gestures and language to find objects with 89% accuracy.

Robots that work alongside humans need two different sensing abilities. They must detect people ...

Whether in the kitchen or on a workshop floor, robot assistants that can fetch items for people could be extremely useful.

A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the ...

Robot vision could soon get a boost thanks to the development of a bioinspired eye that can automatically adjust its pupil ...

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Robots have always been part of CES. For years, they have danced, played games, and entertained crowds on the show floor. But at CES this year, something feels different. Humanoid robots are no longer ...