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 ...

Aniket Bera’s lab works with applications that include virtual therapy, autonomous vehicles and rescue bots like this robot dog, marrying the hardware of robots with the software of artificial ...

Scientists at UCL, Google DeepMind and Intrinsic have developed a powerful new AI algorithm that enables large sets of robotic arms to work together faster and smarter in busy industrial settings, ...

Engineers at the University of California, San Diego have trained a humanoid robot to effortlessly learn and perform a variety of expressive movements, including simple dance routines and gestures ...

In 1982, personal computers were beige, boxy, and built for engineers. They were powerful, but uninviting. Few people knew what they were for, or why they might need one. It took more than just better ...

Johns Hopkins University researchers have created a system that could make social robots more effective at detecting and managing user interruptions in real time based on a human speaker's intent—a ...

Robots are coming to a town near you—deployed by cities to do work that is labor-intensive, repetitive or dangerous for humans. Cities have long lagged behind the private sector when it comes to ...