TOKYO (AP) — A cooing, gesturing humanoid on wheels that can decipher emotions has been unveiled in Japan by billionaire Masayoshi Son who says robots should be tender and make people smile. Son’s ...

:: “A simple example is for a lot of people who are a bit more socially isolated, they don't have someone to really talk to. So they might go a full day without speaking. But in the morning, you go ...

The much publicized Pepper, an emotional robot created by technology company Softbank, will officially go on sale this weekend in Japan. The cost of owning one: 198,000 yen, or about $1,600 USD. In ...

What is the Alter3 humanoid robot, how does it work? Alter3 is a humanoid robot that was first introduced in 2016 as a platform for exploring the concept of life in artificial systems. It has a ...

I wouldn’t go as far as to say it’s been dethroned, but Mirumi — the clingy fluffball with a staring problem — now has some serious competition for the title of cutest robot at CES 2025. I just met ...

You say that, but anthropomorphizing things, especially that can display emotion in a human way is actually a key to helping children with autism learn interacting with people and understanding ...

A humanoid robot that is said to be capable of reading its owner's emotions has gone on sale in Japan - and sold out within the space of a minute. Pepper went on sale on Saturday (June 20) and ...

Human-like robots don't need humanoid bodies. They just need to be expressive. (Well, they don't need to be, but they will be.) Pixar Animation Studios has an unusual logo. The basic logo is the word ...

TOKYO -- A cooing, gesturing humanoid on wheels that can decipher emotions has been unveiled in Japan by billionaire Masayoshi Son who says robots should be tender and make people smile. Son's mobile ...

We really need laws that say something to the effect of "if you shut down support for a product, you must open it up to modifications in some way" (a bunch of technical approaches that can be taken ...