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

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

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 ...

The study demonstrates that breathing cues from robots can trigger fear in humans, with significant implications for ...

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The artificial human, named AIDOL - short for Artificial Intelligence Doll - is said to be capable of a dozen basic human ...

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Johns Hopkins University researchers have created a system that could make social robots more effective at detecting and managing user interruptions in real time based on a human speaker's intent—a ...