The musical *Maybe Happy Ending* tells the story of helper robots, designed to assist humans, who learn love, experience loss ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Being a baby is harder than it looks. Born into the world knowing almost nothing, they spend their first few years getting a PhD in navigating a physical environment. Likewise, ...

In the first days of my son’s life, during the fall of 2023, he spent much of the time when he wasn’t sleeping or eating engaged in what some cognitive scientists call “motor babbling.” His arms and ...

The presence of robots in schools is no longer surprising. How do elementary school children treat humanoid robots? Are they ...

THESE DROIDS HOW TO FUNCTION. RIGHT NOW, WE ARE STEPPING BACK INTO THE FUTURE WITH A RARE LOOK INSIDE THE ROBOTICS INSTITUTE AT CMU. THE WORK BEING INVENTED RIGHT HERE IN PITTSBURGH WILL HAVE A MAJOR ...

For robots to move beyond warehouses and into homes, they’ll need to navigate using more than just vision. Most AI-powered robots today use cameras to understand their surroundings and learn new tasks ...

Man versus machine? If kids had to pick, humans might be out of luck. Children are more inclined to trust machines than adults and may, as a result, learn better from bots, according to recent ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — When you think about robots, you may imagine scenes from a dystopian movie. But, one associate professor believes teaching robots about humans is actually beneficial. Associate ...

With tests of humanoid bots and new developments in military applications, the year ahead will intrigue even the skeptics. MIT Technology Review’s What’s Next series looks across industries, trends, ...