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ASU Professor Develops New Methods to Advance Human-Robot Collaborations

Imagine an assembly robot that collaborates with a human to assemble a piece of IKEA furniture. The robot would need to analyze the movements of the human to avoid potentially hazardous collisions.

13 Jan 2016

UD Researchers to Explore Use of Interactive Anthropomorphic Robot in Pediatric Rehabilitation

NAO, a humanoid robot described by his creators as a “little character with a unique combination of hardware and software,” can read your moods, recognize your family members, and learn your preferences in music, movies, and food.

12 Jan 2016

NTU Introduces Social and Telepresence Robots

Say hello to Nadine, a “receptionist” at Nanyang Technological University (NTU Singapore). She is friendly, and will greet you back. Next time you meet her, she will remember your name and your previous conversation with her.

30 Dec 2015

Researchers Investigate Role of Interactive Robots in Language Learning

According to the Federal Statistical Office, one-third of children under the age of five in Germany come from immigrant families. Could technical assistants be used to help prepare immigrant children for school and teach them the new language? L2TOR, the new project financed by the European Union, is researching that very question.

23 Dec 2015

$37 Million in New Awards Announced to Spur Development of Co-Robots

Today the National Science Foundation (NSF) -- in partnership with the Department of Defense (DOD), the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) -- announced $37 million in new awards to spur the development and use of co-robots, robots that work cooperatively with people.

22 Dec 2015

Hand-Worn Robotic Device Could Help Blind People Navigate Past Movable Obstacles

A hand-worn robotic device is being developed that will help millions of blind and visually impaired people navigate past movable obstacles or assist in their ability to pre-locate, pre-sense and grasp an object.

17 Dec 2015

Student-Programmed Humanoid Social Robot Shows Off Skills at Tailgate Event with President Eric Barron

Count leading a cheer of “We Are!” among the tasks that Nao (pronounced Now) the robot can do, thanks to behind-the-scenes work of Penn State Information Sciences and Technology students.

1 Dec 2015

Researchers Investigate How a Robotic Bartender Could Understand Human Communication

Research into pub communication with robot James continues at Bielefeld University

26 Nov 2015

Robots Could Learn From Babies to Acquire New Movements

Robots could learn a lot from babies, for example, how the latter acquire new movements. Children explore the world through play. In the process, they not only discover their environment but also their own bodies. As Ralf Der of the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences and Georg Martius from the Institute for Science and Technology in Klosterneuburg, Austria have now shown in simulations with robots, that their brains, made of artificial neurons, do not need a higher-level control center for generating curiosity.

25 Nov 2015

AKAStudy Demonstrates Interactive Artificial Intelligence Robot

The Artificial Intelligence Development Company AKAStudy ("AKA") (CEO Raymond Jung) will hold a press conference on November 18th at Tokyo 21c Club to demonstrate their interactive artificial intelligence robot, Musio.

19 Nov 2015