Researchers from the University of Twente, MST and Politecnico di Milano conducted a pilot study to explore whether a ...

A child with a new cochlear implant works on auditory rehabilitation exercises at home in Toulouse, France, aided by Pepper, a human-looking robot. In Canada, another child interacts with Pepper, who ...

From study buddies to health care helpers, Purdue professor Sooyeon Jeong is designing robots that listen, respond and build ...

Clara Berridge, a gerontologist at the University of Washington, Seattle, recalls a story told by a colleague to a group of health-care and social-work students. Nature Outlook: Robotics and ...

Adding robots to therapy can help autistic children develop foundational social skills like taking turns, making eye contact, ...

Loneliness has a critical impact on the mental health of citizens, particularly among the elderly. Robots capable of ...

Intuition Robotics launched its senior assistive social robot ElliQ in 2022, and even though it already has some impressive capabilities, including games, workout plans, interactive conversations, and ...

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

Human beings are hardwired for social connection – so much so that we think of even the most basic objects as having feelings or experiences. (Yup, we're talking to you, Roomba owners!) Social robots ...

Robotics combines computer science, engineering, and technology to design, construct, and utilize machines that are programmed to replicate or substitute human actions and decision-making. These ...