Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The winning robot, from Chinese smartphone manufacturer Honor, accepts media interviews after the Beijing E-Town Humanoid Robot ...

Homer’s epic “Iliad” features golden maidservants crafted by Hephaestus, the blacksmith god. These human-like maidens would approach their master when he moved with a cane, offering support. They ...

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 ...

When human picks up a fragile raw egg, or a slippery and heavy metal cup, human hand naturally adjusts its grip according to its tactile experience to prevent slipping or crushing. For robots, such ...

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The program consisted of robot-led segments such as group dance performances, runway-style walks, and choreographed routines requiring synchronized movement. Humanoid robots also handled hosting-style ...

Humanoid robot safety benchmark ThorArena, from TU Munich researchers, reveals that every leading vision-language-action ...

BEIJING — It was not even close as a bright-red Chinese humanoid named “Lightning” lived up to its name in a half-marathon pitting humans against robots, smoking its competition on Sunday. Subscribe ...