Humans have emotions such as happiness, sadness, fear, and anger; and maybe other animals have them too. Robots are getting increasingly smarter, for example, the driverless cars that are now ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researchers in the UK have designed a new groundbreaking type of social robot that mimics therapy horses and helps people regulate ...

According to new research from the University of Bristol, interactive robots should not just be passive companions, but active partners, like therapy horses who respond to human emotion.

Care robots and elderly robotics improve senior care with mobility support, emotional assistance, and cognitive stimulation, ...

Moya, a lifelike humanoid robot from China, is fueling debate over AI companionship, biomimetic design, and the future of ...

Interactive robots should not just be passive companions, but active partners–like therapy horses who respond to human emotion–say University of Bristol researchers. Equine-assisted interventions ...

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A pilot study in Singapore involving Lovot — the doll-like social companion robot developed by Japanese firm Groove X — has ...

The uses for artificial intelligence have been sprouting up all over the healthcare field, from reading images to automating work flows. Now some researchers are looking to use that technology to move ...

Tuya Smart just introduced Aura, its first AI-powered companion robot made for pets. Aura is designed specifically for household cats and dogs, with AI trained to recognize their behaviors, movements ...

The “sad dad” game has a long history. The genre was rooted in games like Ico, a 2001 adventure in which a boy helps a young ...