Companies across sectors are increasingly embracing robotics for efficiency gains, labor optimization and cost savings. But introducing robots into human-centered environments isn’t just a technical ...

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 ...

Watching robots awkwardly flop around, cause robot body pile-ups on the soccer field, and accidentally lose their heads while taking part in a 1500-metre sprint at the first Robot Humanoid Games in ...

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UChicago scientists team up with Chicago Public Schools to test if robots need fictional personalities to teach effectively ...

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A $100,000 prize is on the line, and the challenge is simple: humans vs robots. At first, it feels like a joke — until the robot starts winning. The humans realize fast that machines don’t get tired, ...