A D.C. program is pairing seniors with battery-powered robotic pets to ease the loneliness and isolation that often ...

What we’re absolutely not supposed to do is use a sex robot, although, it seems, many people already do. In 2023, the global market for sex-tech was valued at nearly $30 billion; by 2032, it is ...

The trailer for The Wild Robot has reduced me to tears every time I've seen it. What can I say? The idea of a robot finding community in the wilderness was just too much for my heart to handle ...

I began using robot vacuum and mop combinations over six years ago, looking for a way to check some chores off my list without breaking my back or taking away my already-divided attention from my ...

Beyond performing tasks, machines will integrate into our social fabric, requiring us to navigate new relationships with technology.

Abstract: Loneliness and social isolation are prevalent among older adults and are associated with adverse health outcomes. Social robots offer a novel approach to addressing these issues by providing ...

Dawes added: "Today, this starts to change." "As age checks start to roll out in the coming months, adults will start to notice a difference in how they access certain online services. Services which ...

An AI that helps humanoid robots mirror a person’s movement could allow robots to walk, dance and fight in more convincingly human ways. The most agile and fluid robotic movements, such as ...

This is the most interesting part of CES every year, and The Robot Report dedicated an entire day to walking ... As boring as it might be to talk about encoders at CES, especially with all of the ...

However, the film also bizarrely features a talking robot quite prominently ... whole life (Jessica Chastain plays his daughter as an adult). Coop is a pilot on a mission to other possible ...