Japanese technology firm Softbank has unveiled an amazing new gadget - Pepper the 'world's first robot with a heart'. It can recognise and analyse gestures, expressions and tone of voice through an ...

On the floor of the Ex-Robots factory in China’s northeastern coastal city of Dalian, engineers develop humanoid robots with a focus on enhancing facial expressions and emotions. Neck-length silicone ...

Humans can "catch" fear from robots, new research has shown. The findings—by a team of psychologists from the University of ...

What is the Alter3 humanoid robot, how does it work? Alter3 is a humanoid robot that was first introduced in 2016 as a platform for exploring the concept of life in artificial systems. It has a ...

Sometimes robots make us feel uneasy because they make us think of death. Now, researchers are putting some real effort behind making our immortal creations feel a bit more alive. Humanlike robots can ...

Discover the future of robotics as we introduce Ameca, the latest humanoid robot from Engineered Arts. Inspired by scenes ...

"What is truly frightening is not to fall, but not to get back up," the company behind the robot wrote in a statement ...

Nadine, a socially intelligent, human-looking robot complete with "her own personality, mood and emotions". Has been unveiled by scientists at Nanyang Technogical ...

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A technology showcase recently revealed just a selection of the life-like features in development for the next generation of civilian robotics. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X ...

“ei: emotional intelligence” is a lovely short film from Dennis Sungmin Kim made during his first year at the University of Pennsylvania. There’s a touch of Wall-E here, sure, but mostly it feels like ...