Dr. Angelica Lim, an associate professor of computing science at Simon Fraser University, leads a team that is trying to make ...

Paro is a fluffy robot that looks like a baby harp seal. Made in Japan, this pet-type robot responds to touch, position, light, and voice to move its flippers and tail, lift its head, blink its ...

Tesla's Optimus is pitched as an all-purpose humanoid robot that can do the heavy lifting on factory floors and free us from ...

Humanoid robot companies employ armies of human operators to train their machines by doing tasks like squatting and washing ...

Imagine for a moment that you’re in an auto factory. A robot and a human are working next to each other on the production line. The robot is busy rapidly assembling car doors while the human runs ...

Humans pay enormous attention to lips during conversation, and robots have struggled badly to keep up. A new robot developed ...

Scientists have created a robot that learns lip movements by watching humans rather than following preset rules. The ...

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