What makes it truly special is how it learns by observing and mimicking human operators who guide its emotional responses during interactions. Over time, the robot becomes capable of engaging with ...

Sure, maintaining emotional decorum with a robot could make for a pretty weird world. It's...perhaps inauthentic. "We have to be careful because from early ages, children experience performances ...

Across the globe, one company in Japan is creating a smaller robot focused on emotional support. "For example, for an older person living on their own, they have no one to really talk to.

I wouldn’t go as far as to say it’s been dethroned, but Mirumi — the clingy fluffball with a staring problem — now has some serious competition for the title of cutest robot at CES 2025.

Fudan University in Shanghai has unveiled an emotional humanoid robot. The researchers created it to provide elderly care and healthcare services. The robot was unveiled at the 2024 World ...

When it first announced Moxie in April 2020, Embodied described the robot as a “safe and engaging animate companion for children designed to help promote social, emotional, and cognitive ...

Meet Pepper: a robot designed to be your buddy ... It can be hard to see robots as emotional pals. Even the YouTube video promoting Pepper shows it playing peek-a-boo to cheer up a crying woman ...

Teachers, watch out - your jobs could be next in line for the inevitable robot takeover. Spanish AI researchers have developed software that can take a pupil's emotional state into account when ...

Preloved ERS-1000 Aibo units donated to the program will be repaired and rehomed to medical and nursing facilities to help provide emotional support ... ensure that even robot dogs are for ...