It seems obvious that the way a robot moves would affect how people interact with it, and whether they consider it easy or safe to be near. But what poses and movement types specifically are ...

Three robots dogs are starting a four-month artist residency in Australia, The Guardian reported. They have their own studio with docking stations where the Boston Dynamics robot dogs can "sleep".

A world leader in lifelike humanoid robots has opened its doors for a rare look at its droid creation process. Engineered Arts is a company in Cornwall, UK, whose bots have been shipped all over the ...

It’s not polite to stare. Especially in the hospital. But nearly everyone who passes Moxi the robot at Elmhurst Hospital in Elmhurst, Illinois, can’t help but goggle at it, as it slowly rolls through ...

Using the Japanese art of kirigami, scientists have designed a snakelike skin that could give robots a major mobility boost. The bioinspired snakeskin, described in the journal Science Robotics, could ...

In humanoid robots, artificial eyes are often referred to as dolls’ eyes because they are made from glass or acrylic. This is a problem as their pupils don’t respond like living human eyes do. Pupils ...

Advanced killer robots are more likely to blamed for civilian deaths than military machines, new research has revealed. The University of Essex study shows that high-tech bots will be held more ...