WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Being a baby is harder than it looks. Born into the world knowing almost nothing, they spend their first few years getting a PhD in navigating a physical environment. Likewise, ...

In the first days of my son’s life, during the fall of 2023, he spent much of the time when he wasn’t sleeping or eating engaged in what some cognitive scientists call “motor babbling.” His arms and ...

Despite decades of progress, most robots are still programmed for specific, repetitive tasks. They struggle with the unexpected and can't adapt to new situations without painstaking reprogramming. But ...

Researchers have developed a new robotic framework powered by artificial intelligence -- called RHyME (Retrieval for Hybrid Imitation under Mismatched Execution) -- that allows robots to learn tasks ...

The presence of robots in schools is no longer surprising. How do elementary school children treat humanoid robots? Are they ...

Johns Hopkins University researchers have created a system that could make social robots more effective at detecting and managing user interruptions in real time based on a human speaker's intent—a ...

Season 4 of “Love, Death and Robots,” Netflix’s adult animated anthology, offers several delights. These include the live-action apocalyptic comedy, “Golgotha,” from creator Tim Miller, and executive ...

Researchers have programmed a Unitree G1 humanoid robot to play basketball, almost perfectly mimicking the skills of a human ...