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

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More In a preprint paper, a Google and MIT team investigate whether pretrained ...

Chinese cloud giant Alibaba Cloud has developed a thin-client PC that will alleviate the need for powerful desktop hardware to perform compute-intensive tasks. Dubbed the cloud computer, the ...

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Social robots are designed to interact with humans in a meaningful manner and play an increasing role within the field of human-computer interaction. They have several potential societal applications, ...

TAIPEI, Taiwan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--According to TrendForce research, the global smart manufacturing market will reach US$620 billion by 2026. Amongst the new technologies used in the burgeoning smart ...

In 1982, personal computers were beige, boxy, and built for engineers. They were powerful, but uninviting. Few people knew what they were for, or why they might need one. It took more than just better ...

For more than two decades, robotics market commentaries have predicted a shift, particularly in manufacturing, from traditional industrial manipulators to a new generation of mobile, sensing robots, ...

RoboGrammar is a new system that automates and optimizes robot design. The system creates arthropod-inspired robots for traversing a variety of terrains. It could spawn more inventive robot forms with ...

When Amazon introduced its home robot Astro earlier this year, it first showcased the robot following behind a person. It's a simple idea that has captured people’s imaginations with depictions in ...