It is not hard to find popular depictions of robots in the future. What comes to my mind is Rosie the robot maid from the animated comic “The Jetsons.” Ever faithful and dependable, she is as much a ...

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

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 ...

But while it is tempting to frame this as robots versus humans, sport robotics isn’t really about competition. It’s about how ...

Asa Whitney Professor of Mechanical Engineering Mark Yim has completed the second phase of a human-robot interaction research project at Penn’s ModLab. The project primarily aims to develop Quori, a ...

The Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST, President Oh Sang-rok) announced that Senior Researcher Sonya S. Kwak of ...

A new HRI paper from the RAI Institute explores hands-on public perception of robots ...

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 ...

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 ...

Humanoid robots are moving from controlled demonstrations into diverse real-world roles, from Chinese service bots in homes to factory logistics and construction site data collection. Recent feats ...