Furry like real ones, endearing and incredibly comforting, robot pets are slowly but surely finding their way into homes. These little creatures, with batteries instead of hearts and AI hidden beneath ...

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Robot Dreams and Flow are both silent movies, with a lot of emphasis on the characters’ physicality and how they express themselves without words. Survival adventure Flow is very grounded in how real ...

What makes many animals run faster and better than robots or humans? Robots run faster than humans due to better agility, robustness, and range. Believe it or not, robot cockroaches can assist ...

When they were in their mid-80s, my parents wanted to be closer to their grown kids and grandchildren so they moved from their home in rural upstate New York to a retirement community outside of ...

Now, researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have developed a new type of touch-sensitive technology that helps a four-legged robot carry unsecured objects on its back, much like an animal carrying ...