Researchers at Universiteit Leiden are pleased to announce a study delving into crucial aspects of safety and responsibility in the domain of personal care robots, explicitly focusing on robotic lower ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Recently in Tokyo an AI-driven robot leaned over a man lying on his back and gently put a hand on his knee and another on a shoulder and rolled him onto his side -- a manoeuvre used ...

Hospitals and senior living centers are leading the adoption of service robots that handle basic support tasks. Experts predict home-assistant robots capable of physical caregiving are still 10–15 ...

Come and join visiting researcher Dr Vera Lucia Raposo for this lunchtime Interactive Seminar followed by a Q&A on Health Data and Personal Care Robots. This seminar is part of a series of seminars ...

Yukiko Namekata, a resident at an elder care facility in Tokyo run by Zenkoukai, and her caregiver follow the movement of a miniature humanoid robot called PALRO. At top, AIREC, an artificial ...

Each year, the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) provides a grand stage for the most ground-breaking technologies and futuristic visions. Among ...

Service robots are closer to the common perception of robots providing direct care. One intriguing example developed for use in some German nursing homes is the Care-o-bot developed by Fraunhofer IPA.

The rise of humanoid robots isn’t just a technical story – it’s a test of how much human connection we’re willing to ...