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 ...

A research group led by Associate Professor Yoshihiro Nakata from the Graduate School of Informatics and Engineering at the University of Electro-Communications, Japan, in collaboration with ...

A provocative new analysis has called into question one of the most celebrated promises of social robotics: that friendly machines can ethically help autistic children learn social skills. The study, ...

What happens when a robot friend faces death? At a Denver improv performance, humans and robots talked it out, maybe for the first time ...

The show, called Robot Riot, unfolded over a single hour at RISE Comedy and explored the impact of artificial intelligence and robotics, according to The Colorado Sun. Furhat appeared as a mannequin's ...

Floating robots can glide through the air without the loud whirr of propeller-powered drones. The video shows a lighter-than-air robot with fins gliding through the air, making it look like a white, ...

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 ...