PASADENA – Say “How do you do” to Mike and Michelle, face-to-face tutors for English learners. They’ll correct your grammar, answer questions, converse on a variety of topics, be there 24/7, and won’t ...

AI language skills let you command robots in plain English. The same AI tech lets the robots navigate the chaos of the real world. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about ...

The group with the robot tutor made fewer errors and spoke more fluently than the group with human tutors, indicating the effectiveness of robot-assisted learning. Advancements in large language ...

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 ...