Building an empathy module is a matter of identifying those characteristics of human communication that machines can use to recognize emotion and then training algorithms to spot them.

1 3-D camera A ton (give or take) of computer code 1 Ikea Stefan chair Step 1: Assemble human-like robot arms Our nimble fingers and hand-eye coordination make us masters of a wide variety of tasks.

The computer scientist Christoph Salge is trying to circumvent the need for rules that guide robots’ behavior. His strategy: Give them a goal of making us more powerful.

It led to behavior where it could take the lead or follow. For example, we also created a scenario where we had a laser barrier that would be harmful for the human, but not harmful for the robot. If ...

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A new National Science Foundation project led by Oregon State University aims to build and distribute 50 standardized robots throughout the research community.

Ex-Robots Chief Executive Li Boyang says humanoid robots are the most complex type of robot to build. The company uses artificial intelligence to teach robots how to recognize human facial ...

Computer science researchers aim to teach robots how to predict human preferences in assembly tasks, so they can one day help out on everything from building a satellite to setting a table.