Robotics
An interdisciplinary research team from the University of Waterloo's Social and Intelligent Robotics Research Lab (SIRRL) has found that people prefer interacting with robots they perceive to have social identities like their ...
Apr 9, 2024
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With rapid developments in artificial intelligence and robot technology, social robots will increasingly be used in society. Robotics researcher Chinmaya Mishra looked at the importance of gaze direction and human emotions ...
Apr 8, 2024
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Business
While the rise of artificial intelligence is proving to be a contentious issue, new research from Edith Cowan University (ECU) has found that the use of social robots in a commercial setting would likely be met with less ...
Feb 26, 2024
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Robotics
Social robots can help us with many things: teaching, learning, caring. Because they're designed to interact with humans, they're designed to make us comfortable—and that includes the way they talk. But how should they ...
Jan 29, 2024
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Robotics
Problems of racial and gender bias in artificial intelligence algorithms and the data used to train large language models like ChatGPT have drawn the attention of researchers and generated headlines. But these problems also ...
Jan 26, 2024
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Consumer & Gadgets
People interacting with social robots disclosed more about themselves over time and reported feeling less lonely, according to a new study.
Dec 4, 2023
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Robotics
This shape-changing robot just got a lot smaller. In a new study, engineers at the University of Colorado Boulder debuted mCLARI, a 2-centimeter-long modular robot that can passively change its shape to squeeze through narrow ...
Nov 4, 2023
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Robotics
A lizard-like soft robot that can creep into walls, ductwork, and pipes to perform inspections and three-dimensional mapping tasks that could be dangerous or impossible for humans has been developed by WPI researchers partnered ...
Sep 20, 2023
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Robotics
Companion robots enhanced with artificial intelligence may one day help alleviate the loneliness epidemic, suggests a new report from researchers at Auckland, Duke, and Cornell Universities.
Jul 13, 2023
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Robotics
A panel of AI-enabled humanoid robots told a United Nations summit on Friday that they could eventually run the world better than humans.
Jul 7, 2023
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