Virginia Tech researchers have received a grant worth more than $500,000 from the U.S. National Science Foundation. This money is to be used to expand robot theatre, an after-school programme designed ...

Humanoid robots are moving rapidly from science fiction into factories, workplaces and potentially our homes, powered by advances in AI and billions of investment.

A research group led by Associate Professor Yoshihiro Nakata from the Graduate School of Informatics and Engineering at the University of Electro-Communications, Japan, in collaboration with ...

September 15, 2025 — Virginia Tech researchers received a grant worth more than $500,000 from the National Science Foundation to expand robot theater, an after-school program that helps children ...

A provocative new analysis has called into question one of the most celebrated promises of social robotics: that friendly ...

Humanoid robotics, once considered futuristic, now stands ready to transform everyday life. Robots designed to closely match human capabilities have the potential to handle tasks ranging from simple ...

Humanoid robots are more vulnerable to ethical issues due to their resemblance to humans. A representative example is military-use humanoid robots. General robots struggle to climb stairs, pick up ...

A study from Penn State's School of Hospitality Management highlights the growing presence of service robots in the hospitality industry and explores the potential need for establishing rights and ...

Recently, I've been seeing a lot of news about robots equipped with AI. There are even robot boxing matches and competitions between humans and robots.Watching such news, I suddenly remembered, "Come ...

Walking, talking humanoid robots that were once firmly the domain of science fiction are on their way. In fact, a Morgan Stanley report recently predicted that 13 million human robots will be among us ...