But to effectively work with humans and keep them engaged, robots and other autonomous systems do need to have their own kind of mental model.

In both the consumer and industrial worlds, scientists are working to make robots more human like. But while there are some common goals—and even similar applications—the vision can be quite ...

All the components necessary to make robots that belong in your average sci-fi dystopian nightmare are quickly coming together.

The new algorithm could help robots make safer, smarter decisions around humans, even amidst the greatest uncertainties.

Robots becoming more human-like shouldn’t scare you, it should relieve you. As robotic systems evolve they are beginning to be built modeled after human biology. Specifically, bots will be built ...

Better, faster artificial intelligence is fueling a rise in human-like robots for customer service at places like hotels and airports, especially in areas outside the U.S. But many robots still ...

We assert that if we can make robots more transparent, then we won’t need to trust them, we’ll always know what they are doing. Meet the human-tracking robot. University of Bath., Author provided ...

The robot picked the boxes while the humans had to review the number on the boxes and make sure that they were correct. Half the humans worked with a human-like robot, while the others worked with ...

For robots to be predictable and adaptive, they need a priority-based architecture and a new legal model, argues a researcher ...