Watching hours of YouTube videos isn’t usually considered the most prestigious form of education, but it might be a surprisingly effective tool for robots learning to communicate like humans.

A robot called Emo that senses when a human is about to smile and simultaneously responds with one of its own could represent a big step towards developing robots with enhanced communication skills ...

With its hairless silicone skin and blue complexion, Emo the robot looks more like a mechanical re-creation of the Blue Man Group than a regular human. Until it smiles. In a study published March 27 ...

A humanoid robot named EMO learned to mimic human speech and expressions by practicing in front of a mirror, astonishing researchers with its near-perfect lip-sync capabilities. This advancement, ...

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A humanoid robot with a deliberately unsettling face has shown a new way machines can learn the mechanics of speech, using a mirror and online video rather than human instruction. The system, known as ...

A humanoid robot can predict whether someone will smile a second before they do, and match the smile on its own face. The creators hope the technology could make interactions with robots more lifelike ...