Many decades ago, IBM engineers developed the typeball. This semi-spherical hunk of metal would become the heart of the Selectric typewriter line. [James Brown] has now leveraged that very concept to ...

The robot is different from other humanoids, as it very obviously is lacking a body - but for good reason. MEET Ray, a new talking-head robot with a warning for humanity: “We have lost the way, greed ...

The researchers say that perception of robots is affected by popular culture (Picture: Unsplash) Robots can improve mental health at work depending on what they look like, according to a study.

Prof. Roger Moore gave his keynote at the 29th IEEE International Conference on Robot & Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 2020). This year the conference, which was supposed to be in Naples, was ...

Robots could be used in care homes after a study found they can improve mental health and have the potential to reduce loneliness in vulnerable older people. A robot called Pepper was tested in care ...

The elderly may find a good companion that could help keep their mental health in tiptop shape and it is in a very unlikely being - talking robots. Britain and Japan have started testing Pepper, a ...

The first talking humanoid robot, Kirobo, has taken off from a Japanese space centre for the International Space Station. The Japanese rocket H-IIB Transfer Vehicle blasted off from the Tanegashima ...

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Japan has launched the world's first talking robot into space to serve as companion to astronaut Kochi Wakata who will begin his mission in November. The android took off from the island of ...

A talking robot is on its way to the International Space Station (ISS) for the first time. Kirobo will provide company for a Japanese astronaut who's due to arrive at the station later this year. It ...

MEET Ray, a new talking-head robot with a warning for humanity: “We have lost the way, greed has poisoned men’s souls.” The body-less bot, unveiled by Korean researchers, was recorded going on a dark ...