When soft music is playing in the background, a brief exchange with a robot can evoke unexpected feelings of intimacy. Researchers were surprised to discover how much of a role the background music ...

It takes more than words to cure a lonely heart. Scientists have discovered that adding music to a robot's repertoire makes it feel more lifelike and emotionally supportive.

At this stage of the robotics race, it's probably fair to assume that a few of us have a bit of humanoid malaise. After all, ...

In labs, living rooms, hospitals, and classrooms, robots are no longer just tools—they’re becoming social actors. People ...

Humans have emotions such as happiness, sadness, fear, and anger; and maybe other animals have them too. Robots are getting increasingly smarter, for example, the driverless cars that are now ...

The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2024 took the tech world by storm, with humanoid robots at the forefront of the ...

Loneliness has a critical impact on the mental health of citizens, particularly among the elderly. Robots capable of ...

How we relate to humanoid robots matters. In the video below, Cleo Abram demonstrates what it was like to mistreat the Boston Dynamics Atlas robot. She was surprised by her emotional reaction. She ...

Gemini saidMeet the Chinese tech firm's $173K biometric companion robot. Explore how this high-end AI humanoid uses advanced biometrics ...

A child with a new cochlear implant works on auditory rehabilitation exercises at home in Toulouse, France, aided by Pepper, a human-looking robot. In Canada, another child interacts with Pepper, who ...

A humanoid robot named EMO learned to mimic human speech and expressions by practicing in front of a mirror, astonishing researchers with its near-perfect lip-sync capabilities. This advancement, ...

If emotion functions as an operating system of silicon-based life, its implications extend far beyond robots. It defines not a feature category, but a new computing paradigm: any device that senses, ...