A new study published in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience suggests that assistive robots may work best when they share control with their users, striking a middle-ground between full automation and ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Friendly robots, the ones people love to love, are quirky: R2-D2, C-3PO, WALL-E, BB-8, Marvin, Roz and Baymax. They’re emotional, prone to panic or bossy, empathetic and able to ...

Humanoid robots are beginning to take on household tasks, showing how AI-powered machines could soon assist with chores in ...

AI’s concealed labor has repeatedly led us to overestimate the technology. Humanoid robots are entering a similar phase.

WEST LAFAYETTE, IN — Purdue University researcher Sooyeon Jeong is working to make robots more helpful and personable. Jeong, an assistant professor of computer science, leads a lab that focuses on ...

Johns Hopkins University researchers have created a system that could make social robots more effective at detecting and managing user interruptions in real time based on a human speaker's intent—a ...

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 ...

AI-powered delivery robots from companies like Serve Robotics are replacing human drivers across the nation — but they can't ...

Whether they’re delivering food or folding your laundry, consumer-facing robots are increasingly being designed to be more palatable to the humans who interact with them.