People who care informally for sick or disabled friends and relatives often become invisible in their own lives. Focusing on ...

Researchers at the University of New Hampshire will receive a five-year grant totaling $2.8 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop and test social assistive robots to aid in ...

A team of researchers from Ohio State University’s College of Nursing and Vanderbilt University recently received a $3.13 million grant to develop and deploy socially-assistive robots in long-term ...

French hospital trials 'socially assistive' robots to support the elderly. The Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris in France recently welcomed a group of "socially assistive" robots to alleviate the ...

Many children with autism face developmental delays, including communication and behavioral challenges and difficulties with social interaction. This makes learning new skills a major challenge, ...

DURHAM —Researchers at the University of New Hampshire will receive a five-year grant totaling $2.8 million from the National Institutes of Health to develop and test social assistive robots to aid in ...

At the Duck’s Nest preschool in Oakland, Calif., a fluffy blue robot asks a group of toddlers, “I want to be your friend. Will you please be my friend?” Robotics experts are testing this low-cost and ...

We visited the United Arab Emirates to attend the Joint Social Robotics Symposium at the University of the United Arab Emirates and New York University Abu Dhabi. We also visited several research ...

With Covid-19 infection rates continuing to climb throughout the U.S., it's safe to say that maintaining social distance -- whether to return to work or to throwback cold ones with friends -- has been ...

Scientists who designed an artificially intelligent robot that helped children with autism boost their learning and social skills hope such technology could one day aid others with the developmental ...

About 1 in every 160 children globally has autism spectrum disorder. In the US, the rate is nearly triple, likely due to diagnostic and reporting differences. The developmental disability is often ...

People who care informally for sick or disabled friends and relatives often become invisible in their own lives. Focusing on the needs of those they ...