HITL also provides a framework for integrating collaborative robot (cobot), robot, and human labor in a way that preserves human enjoyment of work. The “automate everything” mindset brings a risk of ...

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 ...

It is not hard to find popular depictions of robots in the future. What comes to my mind is Rosie the robot maid from the animated comic “The Jetsons.” Ever faithful and dependable, she is as much a ...

Robots are beginning to appear in the public arena, such as in restaurants and supermarkets. But most are still hidden away in industrial settings, including warehouses and factories. That is set to ...

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

A well-known military adage states, “A commander who fails in an operation can be forgiven, but a commander who fails in meal ...

Humanoid robots have officially arrived... sort of. Companies are wheeling out sleek, expensive prototypes with human-like limbs, while cooing PR departments promise a future where your home is ...

Picture this: It’s 2030, and you wake up to a gentle nudge from your humanoid robot companion. After analyzing your sleep data to optimize your morning energy, your robot has made your coffee and ...

Can cutting open a robot be the best way to win an engineering argument? That slice through synthetic skin, theatrically done ...

A robot trained on videos of surgeries performed a lengthy phase of a gallbladder removal without human help. The robot operated for the first time on a lifelike patient, and during the operation, ...