Humanoid robot training is booming around the world. Tech companies are rushing to build the robots for a market projected to ...

How advanced actuators, compliance control, and real-time planning create capable, safe humanoid collaborators.

As artificial intelligence continues to evolve, the drive to make AI robots more human-like in their interactions is a focal ...

University of Chicago computer scientist Sarah Sebo is programming robots to give empathetic responses and perform nonverbal ...

Finding genuine human connection can be hard. Could companion bots—for friendship, love, and sex— help fill that need?

We design AI companions to listen, obey, and adore—but in doing so, we reveal our own hunger for control. What does that say ...

In our conversation, Suleyman told me what he was trying to get across in that TED Talk, why he really believes SCAI is a ...

In recent years, social robots have moved from experimental visions to tangible implementations in education, healthcare, therapy, and everyday support.

Now, though, “chatfishing,” a new wave of online deception, is taking over dating apps. Instead of “catfishing”—using an ...

With AI beginning to look as if it has reached a deployment plateau — if not a lessening of hype — high-tech promoters and investors are on the hunt for the next big thing. And they're focusing on ...

What makes a humanoid hand so fascinating? Imagine a robotic gripper delicately assembling intricate components on a factory floor or carefully holding fragile medical instruments during surgery.

She’s beautiful, compliant and entirely artificial. CNA Women’s Izza Haziqah argues that AI actress Tilly Norwood embodies ...