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 ...

Once upon a time, not too long ago, robots had not yet been trained to answer customer phone calls. But, alas, they learned, too well: to serve their owners, and to cleverly torment the humans they ...

Leo Chen, Director of U.S. Operations for Engineered Arts, has a conversation with an Ameca robot at the U.S. Engineered Arts offices in Redwood City on Jan. 21, 2025. Photo by Anna Hoch-Kenney. In ...

Tesla put on a big show at its Robotaxi event on Thursday night. But nothing was more eyebrow-raising than its Optimus robots: the slim, sleek, AI-powered humanoids that are supposedly capable of ...

Robots are machines that can automatically perform both simple and complex actions. They are often programmed by a computer, but there's no single definition of a robot. Robots include a wide variety ...