Personal home robots that can socialise with people are starting to roll out of the laboratory and into our living rooms and kitchens. But are humans ready to invite them into their lives? It's taken ...

The label “neurotic” isn’t normally viewed as a compliment. But when University of Chicago researchers tested earlier this ...

When it comes to designing more social robots, dogs may be an engineer's best friend. A recent experiment showed that dogs reacted to robots with voices and faces as if they were humans, indicating ...

IntBot, the social robotics company with an active commercial fleet deployed in hospitality environments, today announced a bold CES 2026 demonstration: its exhibit will be operated entirely by a ...

The recent unveiling of 1X’s Neo Beta, a bipedal humanoid robot designed for home use, marks a significant milestone, says Samer Al Moubayed, co-founder & CEO of Furhat Robotics. Robots should be ...

A cutting-edge 'social' robot designed to keep people company, is to hold bingo lessons for pensioners in a British care home as part of a study. Stevie the robot is so advanced he was recently named ...

Clara Berridge, a gerontologist at the University of Washington, Seattle, recalls a story told by a colleague to a group of health-care and social-work students. Nature Outlook: Robotics and ...

Robots and autonomous systems, together with artificial intelligence, connected data and digital infrastructure could have the potential to revolutionise the way in which social and medical care for ...

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter When most people think of robots, they either ...

The film Robot and Frank imagined a near-future where robots could do almost everything humans could. The elderly title character was given a “robot butler” to help him continue living on his own. The ...