One of the most significant insights from the study is that roboticists must engage both technically and physically with ...

The label “neurotic” isn’t normally viewed as a compliment. But when University of Chicago researchers tested earlier this ...

In recent months there have been plenty of developments in robotics, but the latest is another small step — actually thousands of steps — as humanoid robots ran alongside actual humans in a ...

Humans have long been fascinated by the idea of automatons. But increasingly, robots are also just reality as more work is automated. Automation that's exploded thanks to pandemic health concerns.

A transformative experience working with very sick children changed Paul Bucci’s mind about how robots used in human therapy should be designed. Bucci, a doctoral student in UBC’s department of ...

Meta on Friday announced PARTNR, a new program designed to study human-robot interaction (HRI). The research is specifically focused on how humans and robots might collaborate in the home environment.

Editor’s Note: This is part of a series called Inside the Lab, which gives audiences a first-hand look at the research laboratories at the University of Chicago and the scholars who are tackling some ...

From left, engineering professor Morteza Lahijanian and graduate student Karan Muvvala watch as a robotic arm completes a task using wooden blocks. Imagine for a moment that you’re in an auto factory.

At a factory in LaSalle, Que., a series of robotic arms move swiftly and elegantly, twisting and turning as they assemble battery modules before ultrasonically welding them into place.

Imagine for a moment that you’re in an auto factory. A robot and a human are working next to each other on the production line. The robot is busy rapidly assembling car doors while the human runs ...

Clanker, rust bucket, tinskin — slang words used to put down robots are on the rise. As AI and robots threaten to replace human work and maybe even humans, the recent popularity of anti-robot lingo ...