German startup Agile Robots has previewed a new humanoid robot designed for real-world industrial ...

Scientists have created a robot that learns lip movements by watching humans rather than following preset rules. The ...

By learning from human touch, robots can grip objects more safely and adapt to real-world conditions without massive training ...

Researchers at Princeton University have built a swarm of interconnected mini-robots that “bloom” like flowers in response to ...

Columbia University engineers have built a robotic face that can learn to move its lips in sync with speech and singing by watching itself in a mirror and then observing humans in online videos, ...

Humanoid robots are no longer just performing. They are interacting, responding, and in some cases, making decisions on their ...

A caregiving robot that responds to spoken instructions while performing physical tasks may make robots easier to use and understand.

New research provides evidence that humans can physically absorb fear from a robot through the sensation of touch alone. The ...

Diligent was founded in 2017 by Andrea Thomaz and Vivian Chu, world-renowned social roboticists, with the vision of creating socially intelligent robot assistants that improve human labor productivity ...

Researchers have developed a new framework that synchronizes lifelike lip movements with speech audio, ...

Recent advances in robotics have accelerated the development of sophisticated collision detection methodologies and enhanced human–robot interaction (HRI) protocols to ensure safety and optimise ...

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