In labs, living rooms, hospitals, and classrooms, robots are no longer just tools—they’re becoming social actors. People ...

Fauna Robotics is launching Sprout as a developer platform for humanoid robots. The robot features 29 degrees of freedom and ...

A child with a new cochlear implant works on auditory rehabilitation exercises at home in Toulouse, France, aided by Pepper, a human-looking robot. In Canada, another child interacts with Pepper, who ...

Asa Whitney Professor of Mechanical Engineering Mark Yim has completed the second phase of a human-robot interaction research project at Penn’s ModLab. The project primarily aims to develop Quori, a ...

Loneliness has a critical impact on the mental health of citizens, particularly among the elderly. Robots capable of ...

Chinese robotics firm LimX Dynamics has raised about $200 million in Series B funding ...

Meta made several major announcements for robotics and embodied AI systems this week. This includes releasing benchmarks and artifacts for better understanding and interacting with the physical world.

Editor’s Note: This is part of a series called Inside the Lab, which gives audiences a first-hand look at the research laboratories at the University of Chicago and the scholars who are tackling some ...

According to Precedence Research, humanoid robotics is advancing rapidly, with key companies leading the charge toward mass ...

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