The video shows a lighter-than-air robot with fins gliding through the air, making it look like a white, floating whale. It ...

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 ...

As social robots become increasingly prevalent in human environments, ensuring privacy-sensitive design has become a pressing challenge. Modern service ...

Many lonely people would rather deal with a robot than interact with an actual human, according to research co-led by Newcastle University. Contrary to the common assumption that lonely people would ...

Human–robot interaction (HRI) in domestic service contexts encompasses the design, deployment and evaluation of robots that assist with tasks ranging from cleaning and object retrieval to elderly care ...

Friendly robots, the ones people love to love, are quirky: R2-D2, C-3PO, WALL-E, BB-8, Marvin, Roz and Baymax. They're emotional, prone to panic or bossy, empathetic and able to communicate like ...

If robots are ever going to work alongside humans more generally, they’ll need read our moods ...

In Michigan Tech's Human-Robot Interaction Lab, Huskies teach the lab's newest occupant the basics: how to wave, glide and hold a steady grip. Guided by their faculty mentor, they're on a mission to ...

China introduces UWORLD U1, the first mass-produced humanoid companion robot designed to hold conversations, recognize ...

Human motor system executes the motor command from high-order regions, rigorously controls the musculoskeletal system and learns to adapt to novel stimuli ...

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 ...