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Researchers Build Drumming Robot to Improve Human Interaction with Robots

Researchers at Queen Mary University of London are studying how humans interact with robots over time and specifically how social media can improve that relationship.

21 Dec 2017

Latest Artificial Intelligence Index Tracks Progress in Emerging Field

Since the term “artificial intelligence” (AI) was initially used in print in 1956, the former science fiction fantasy has advanced to the very real prospect of smartphones that recognize complex spoken commands, driverless cars, and computers that see.

1 Dec 2017

New Bioengineered Robotic Hand Regenerates the Sensation of Touch

The sense of touch is frequently taken for granted. Losing that sense of touch can be devastating for someone without a hand or limb. While greatly sophisticated prostheses with complex moving joints and fingers are available to mimic almost every hand motion, they continue to be frustratingly complicated and unnatural for the user.

15 Nov 2017

New Emotional Robotics Living Lab will Investigate the Integration of Robots into Homes

How can individuals develop robots that they can trust and respond to as caregivers and companions?

14 Nov 2017

Humanoid Robots Unlikely to Resemble Human Beings

Humanoid robots can be called as a vanity project, where attempts are made to produce artificial life in human image – in a sense trying to play God. But the problem is, we are not very good at it. If people are asked to name a robot, they are likely to name “the Cybermen”, “Terminator”, or “that gold one from Star Wars”.

10 Nov 2017

New Forecast Report on Global Humanoid Robot Market 2022

Humanoid Robot Market -Market Demand, Growth, Opportunities, Analysis of Top Key Players and Forecast to 2022

31 Oct 2017

Milwaukee Students Interact with Honda's Advanced Humanoid Robot

Louisa Wood and Yanni Ma had a vision of how robots could improve the future. Now, after bringing that vision to life to win the 2017 Honda Robotics Contest, the Bayside (Wisc.) Middle School students got to interact first-hand with the future of robotics.

26 Sep 2017

New Algorithms Improve Natural Walking of Humanoid Robots

Walking on two legs may seem to be easy, but that is not so. And mainly for robots, a natural stride is a major challenge. Researchers at EPFL’s Biorobotics Laboratory are testing innovative systems to enhance the ability of humanoids to interact and walk.

22 Sep 2017

deepsense.ai's Research on Robotics to be Presented at Prestigious New Robotics Conference

deepsense.ai’s paper has been recognized by the General Chairs of the Conference on Robot Learning (CoRL) as one of 11 in the reinforcement learning and robotics category. It will be presented in November at Google’s headquarters in Mountain View.

15 Sep 2017

Researchers Receive NSF Grant to Develop Robot-Based System to Assess Workers' Skills

Due to the fact that automation has transpired to be the order of the day in the manufacturing industry, vocational training for workers functioning beside robots has been highly indispensable.

10 Aug 2017