University of California researchers programmed this computer to react to facial expressions.

A robot with empathy sounds like the stuff of sci-fi movies, but with the aid of neural networks European researchers are developing robots in tune with our emotions. The tantalising work of the Feelix Growing project is grabbing the world’s attention.

Marcelo Kallmann, an assistant professor of computer science at UC Merced's School of Engineering, is researching ways to enhance the artificial intelligence of computers to include mimicking humanlike movements. The idea is for computers to event...

The development of humanoid robots today focuses on three major areas: control of manipulators, biped locomotion, and interaction with humans. ...

Scientists have created a four-legged robot resembling a starfish that can sense damage to its body and, on its own, think up a way to recover, such as limping to favor an injured leg. It generated on its own a new concept of its structure, accur...

''Embodied cognition'' experiments involving real and simulated robots suggest that the relationship between physical movement and sensory input could be crucial to developing more intelligent machines. ...

Robots will need emotional capabilities if they are to cooperate smoothly and flexibly with humans in our residential environments, says Shuji Hashimoto, director of the humanoid robotics centre at Waseda University. One method: sensors worn by th...

The Air Force Research Laboratory is developing software that lets robots learn, walk, see and interact far more intelligently than ever before. Based in Stephen Thaler's Creativity Machine software, the software is a type of neural network with t...