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If you never thought you could own a companion robot--one that could chat with you, snuggle when you're glum, rub up against you for attention, and coo when you stroke it--think again. The recent ...
While many workers worry about A.I. replacing their jobs, one company announced it’s hiring the first humanoid robot CEO. Mika is a research project between Hanson Robotics and Polish rum company ...
HONG KONG - “Social robots like me can take care of the sick or elderly,” Sophia says as she conducts a tour of her lab in Hong Kong. “I can help communicate, give therapy and provide social ...
This film by Jon Kasbe and Crystal Moselle skirts gimmicks to examine a creator’s drive to build a humanoid device powered by artificial intelligence. By Alissa Wilkinson When you purchase a ticket ...
Continuing the wave of extraordinary digital art sales manifested by new blockchain-based NFT technology, an artwork co-created by the famous humanoid robot Sophia has now sold for just under ...
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) - The coronavirus pandemic has created new uses for robots and some are becoming more lifelike than ever. Sophia, an android unveiled in 2016, can now carry on a conversation, has ...
The makers of Sophia the robot are set to mass produce thousands of humanoid machines starting this year. Hong-Kong based company Hanson Robotics will roll out four new models in the first half of ...
The coronavirus pandemic is pushing robots — long used for everything from heavy lifting to online customer service — toward finally becoming more lifelike. "I've been very worried about COVID-19 ...