Dieter Pletscher, global sales manager at Kassow Robots, shares his advice for overcoming common hurdles in deploying ...

For decades, futurists have promised that robots will transform society, yet that still feels like a distant prospect. In this episode, recorded live at the “Web Summit” technology conference in ...

Traditional safety protocols weren’t designed for self-improving systems, which raises important questions about validation, ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Friendly robots, the ones people love to love, are quirky: R2-D2, C-3PO, WALL-E, BB-8, Marvin, Roz and Baymax. They’re emotional, prone to panic or bossy, empathetic and able to ...

Robots will likely be a part of our everyday life sooner or later, and one scientist is trying to change how empathetic they are in a surprising way.

Robots are everywhere in our imaginations—helping older adults at home, stocking warehouses, cleaning offices, and taking on dangerous jobs that humans shouldn’t have to do. Yet outside of factories ...

Happy, sad, surprised, angry, neutral: These are the five emotions conveyed by Bartholomew, the tiny robot designed by researchers in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Just taller than a ...