Uncanny ‘warm-skinned’ robot built to feel as human as possible could show up in service worker roles

It’s warm bot-tied. Techsperts are sounding alarm bells following the release of an eerily realistic humanoid service bot ...

This car company is using robots to do a human's job in 0.5 percent of the time

Counting warehouse stock used to be a massive time sink. Now a single robot scans it fast, and the company says workers were reassigned, not laid off.
Que.com on MSN

Why humans feel empathy for robots, according to new research

In labs, living rooms, hospitals, and classrooms, robots are no longer just tools—they’re becoming social actors. People apologize to robot ...
Tech Xplore on MSN

They're robots, and they're here to help: Computer scientist improves robot interactions with human beings

Friendly robots, the ones people love to love, are quirky: R2-D2, C-3PO, WALL-E, BB-8, Marvin, Roz and Baymax. They're ...
The Economist

Robots with human-inspired eyes have better vision

Many robots are equipped with cameras to allow them to see the world. These digital eyes record sequences of still images which must somehow be interpreted as motion. A popular approach is optical ...

ISU robotics team developing robots to make human life easier, safer

No, robots aren't taking over the world anytime soon, but they could be the ones doing challenging or dangerous tasks in the ...
El Adelantado de Segovia

Ordering, cooking, and serving always depended on people, until China tested a restaurant where robots take control

What do you expect to find at a restaurant? People taking orders, cooking, and serving, right? Well, this is not the common ...