Enchanted Tools is French startup that’s targeting application spaces like hospitals, nursing homes, and medical clinics with its Mirokai robot (Fig. 1). The cobot takes an interesting approach with ...

As artificial intelligence (AI) increasingly integrates into decision-making across industries, concerns about trust, fairness, transparency, and ethical considerations continue to shape user adoption ...

Moya, a lifelike humanoid robot from China, is fueling debate over AI companionship, biomimetic design, and the future of ...

How would you feel if your child were being tutored by a robot? Social robots – robots that can talk and mimic and respond to human emotion – have been introduced into classrooms around the world.

Advancing the understanding of real-world human behavior through the lens of neurophysiological mechanisms is a primary goal of neuroergonomics, a field that converges in the fields of cognitive ...

It was only a matter of time before we started to think about how robots can design – other robots. In fact, I’ve been having these conversations with people ever since the arrival of ChatGPT, as we ...

Humanoid robots are rapidly improving in motion fluidity, making them more human-like and suitable for complex tasks. Applications range from surgical procedures to manufacturing, with companies like ...

How do you approach your robot designs? Maybe, you do it from a ‘oh, I have these cool parts’ position, or from a ‘I want to make a platform on wheels for my experiments’ perspective. In that case, ...

Sam Kriegman, a professor at Northwestern's McCormick School of Engineering, is something of a local celebrity. He can often be found on television shows explaining the wonders of his new invention – ...