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iCub is an open-source hardware project described as a “cognitive humanoid robotic platform." The project was initiated in Italy, but the technology is now in use at several other labs, including the ...

An "artificial neuronal network" constructed on the basis of a fundamental principle of the workings of the human brain, namely its ability to learn a new language was successfully developed by INSERM ...

This technological prowess was made possible by the development of a "simplified artificial brain" that reproduces certain types of so-called "recurrent" connections observed in the human brain. The ...

When parents give birth to a child, it would seem pretty ridiculous to expect that baby to immediately live and function as well as an adult. Yet our pursuit of humanoid robots does almost exactly ...

Researchers at IIT-Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia focused on the importance of iCub robot in the review paper 'iCub: the not-yet finished story of building a robot child' published on Science ...

For a child, the world is a heady mix of colours, shapes and words that are constantly being learned and remembered. To make sense of many of these experiences, babies and toddlers 'map' names to ...

Kids can pick up new words pretty quickly – just ask any parent who's accidentally sworn in front of their little ones. In order to better understand the mechanics of early learning, a new study ...

A sophisticated robot that is able to move and learn like a three-year-old child has made its first outing in the UK. The iCub is able to crawl and walk, make human-like eye and head movements and ...

The future of robots depends on their ability to learn from humans, acquiring skills in the way babies do: through observation, modeling behavior, trial and error, self-correction and experience, ...

The iCub humanoid robot will now be able to understand what is being said to it and even anticipate the end of a sentence. The iCub humanoid robot on which the team directed by Peter Ford Dominey, ...