But if you’re working with, say, a robotic personal banker, or a robotic chess partner, you’ll prefer the robot with human-like qualities, since humans excel in decision-making and sociability.

As the human birth rate declines, humanoid robots could take up the slack and fill jobs that are vacant. But do we really need them?

Once the stuff of science fiction, robots that move and look like humans are becoming a reality. Makers of these so-called humanoid robots tout a range of possible uses, including filling jobs in ...

While humans may treat social robots like real people or animals, the technology is a long way from replicating actual human interaction, Clark and Fischer said.

In the publication, the robot imitates various facial expressions, this is possible thanks to the fact that they are designed and built with 3D scans of real people.

Researchers from Tokyo created artificial self-healing human skin for robots to give them a more human-like appearance.

Why Do Robots Look Like Animals and Humans? Boston Dynamic’s cute and uncannily realistic canine-bot is just one of many robots that are inspired by the natural world ...

Developing robots for more than 20 years, Ishiguro has made a point of creating robots that approximate the human appearance, including creatures that look like him.

The R2-D2 robot from Star Wars doesn’t communicate in human language but is, nevertheless, capable of showing its intentions. For human-robot interaction, the robot does not have to be a true ...

People Are Just As Superficial About Robots’ Looks As They Are About Humans’ Depending on a person’s age and the robot’s job, people feel differently about what the robot should look like ...