Robots might be getting smarter but to truly support people in daily life, they also need to get more empathetic. That means recognising and responding to human emotions in real time. Most facial ...

Cartwheel Robotics has unveiled its latest innovation, Yogi, a humanoid robot designed to foster genuine human connections in domestic settings. Announced on October 17, 2025, Yogi aims to seamlessly ...

Humans can "catch" fear from robots, new research has shown. The findings—by a team of psychologists from the University of Amsterdam and the University of British Columbia—shed new light on how ...

In the previous part of this blog series, i-Robot: A new approach to robotics to make our life easier and safer, Part 6, I described robots that can assist people that are not self-sufficient. There ...

While neurotic robots are a staple of science fiction — just think of C-3PO in Star Wars or Marvin in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy — they haven't really been a focus of research into how ...

Disney's bipedal robot is reportedly the latest development in entertainment robotics after it easily traverses rough terrain commonly found in theme parks with motion described as "expressive and ...