New 'emotional' robots aim to read human feelings
The robot called Forpheus does more than play a mean game of table tennis. It can read body language to gauge its opponent's ability, and offer advice and encouragement.
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Wait, did I just see Atlas robot do a backflip?
(Tech Xplore)—Boston Dynamics is now part of SoftBank and their family of robots is getting lots of attention as the year draws to an end—from gee-whiz reactions to their recent showing of a bright-yellow plate display ...
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Actuated fluffy tail can relay robot states to humans
(Tech Xplore)—A dog tail was studied for its ability to communicate robot states? You read that correctly. No words missing. It is all about two active minds from the University of Manitoba.
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What if robots never fell? Meet BALLU
(Tech Xplore)—Robots of the humanoid variety intrigue us, at times delight us, and at other times scare us silly. The thought of a robot malfunctioning, dropping its pizza tray or loading tool to turn around and murder ...
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This robot can work up a sweat doing pushups
Meet Kengoro, a humanoid robot. A video starts with a rather surprising sight of a robot doing what looks like an expert floor exercise. You see the robot during its workout, using the strength of his hands and flexible, ...
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Robot-human eye contact helps conversation flow
Pop music is littered with titles that relay how romantic yearning is sparked and experienced wordlessly with one person staring at the other. Animals don't have it so good. "Most mammals generally interpret direct gaze as ...
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Housekeeping ATLAS-style: Tedious but each minute counts
Sweeping up, tidying up, pushing the handle of a cleaner back and forth, kneeling for a stray paper and depositing it into a wastebasket, YAWN.
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AI could be the breakthrough that allows humanoid robots to jump from science fiction to reality
Humanoid robots have long been a staple of science fiction, but there is now real progress being made. A range of new models made by or backed by the likes of Boston Dynamics, Tesla and OpenAI are able to walk and move like ...
Aug 12, 2024
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Tesla is promising to sell a humanoid robot. It could be the first of many
Elon Musk's recent announcement on Twitter that "Tesla will have genuinely useful humanoid robots in low production for Tesla internal use next year" suggests that robots that have physical human-like characteristics and ...
Aug 7, 2024
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US road safety agency will look into fatal crash near Seattle involving Tesla using automated system
U.S. road safety investigators say they will look into an April crash near Seattle after authorities determined that a Tesla was operating on the company's "Full Self-Driving" system when it hit and killed a motorcyclist.
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