PO, the human-cyborg-relations android from Star Wars. C-3PO was designed to assist humans in communicating with robots and alien species.

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Ever asked a question and been met with a blank stare? It's awkward enough with a person—but on a humanoid robot, it can be downright unsettling. Now, an international team co-led by Hiroshima ...

Humanoid robots have crossed a line that once belonged firmly to science fiction. In crowded convention halls and viral clips, machines that walk, smile and even misbehave like people are startling ...

This humanoid is the brainchild of Chinese robotics manufacturer DroidUp who is pitching it as a ‘social companion’ ...

Human–robot collaboration and interaction represent a rapidly evolving interdisciplinary field in which robotics, artificial intelligence and human factors engineering converge to develop systems that ...

While Americans excel at producing deadly robots of militaristic persuasions, the Japanese are arguably the most competent designers of eerily human-like robots. Behold Kodomoroid and Otonaroid, two ...

Tech industry analyst and long term Apple expert Ming-Chi Kuo just released a new scoop on the topic of robots, news site TechCrunch notes. Kuo’s report comes only days after Apple released ...

Social by nature, humans interact in multiple ways—through voice, vision and touch. Reflecting these humanistic qualities, robotic capabilities are improving, and as such, human-robot interaction will ...

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