humanoid robotics startup Noetix Robotics unveiled a new generation of bionic robot featuring a female persona named Xiao Nuo. Xiao Nuo is equipped with multimodal embodied interaction capabilities, ...

The team also found that "cute" features in the design of robots -- such as big eyes and raised cheeks -- may reduce the effect of portrayed robot gender on persuasiveness, as male and female ...

This article has been updated with new information and more exciting examples of memorable female robots. The latest fembot to make the list is Iris (Sophie Thatcher) from Companion, a robot who ...

Director Andrew Stanton’s film revolves around the eponymous robot as he’s left to clean ... After Kiff gathers his companions, the group sets out to destroy the powerful Ring Light before ...

and female robot (lower row). Source: Pazhoohi et al. (2023). Journal of Environmental Psychology, 90, 102088. In two studies involving more than 400 participants, we explored how people evaluate ...

Take a hot female robot and a misogynistic male human and you’ve got a typical sci-fi thriller with social commentary undertones. What Hancock doesn’t reinvent with plot, he makes up for with ...

The story is set in the year 2035 when a self-aware female robot enters a human family ... invented four "synths" with human emotions to be companions for Li Yao.

A life-sized robot dubbed "Aria" drew plenty of attention ... silicone sex dolls to a years-long effort to rebrand them into "companions" to combat a loneliness epidemic. But Realbotix assured ...

This blond, "female" robot named Aria is powered by AI for her conversation skills, with 17 motors driving her facial expressions so she appears as human as possible. Corinne Reichert (she/her ...

The man moved his head, causing the 'female' robot, adorned with a black wig, to mirror the movement. The robot then opened its mouth as the man did, drawing awe and laughter from students who ...

That will brick Moxie, its cloud-connected $799 educational robot. The company won’t offer refunds or warranty and repair services. That leaves caregivers with distraught kids and robots that ...