Frontiers in Robotics and AI

Researchers in Japan make android child’s face strikingly more expressive

December 27, 2018

Researchers at Osaka University have made their robot child face more expressive, by measuring and calibrating 3D movement at over 100 facial areas; Frontiers in Robotics and AI [...]

Good news for immersive journalism: look at your audience

November 12, 2018

Frontiers in Robotics and AI: A new study in collaboration with the BBC finds that users feel more engaged in a virtual reality news experience when virtual characters acknowledge them - even by simple gaze.

A new study in collaboration with the BBC finds that users feel more engaged in a virtual reality news experience when virtual characters acknowledge them - even by simple gaze; Frontiers in Robotics and AI [...]

Virtual reality could help doctors spot child abuse

August 21, 2018

Image of doctor wearing virtual reality glasses. VR could become a vital tool for training doctors to look out for hard-to-detect signs of child abuse: Frontiers in Robotics and AI

The VR environment allowed doctors to interact with virtual, avatar patients in the same way as they would in a 'real' consultation: Frontiers in Robotics and AI [...]

On the road to Damascus – Frontiers in Robotics and AI addresses the ‘uncanny valley’ of human-robot interaction

July 18, 2018

Specialty Chief Editor of Human-Robot Interaction Bilge Mutlu

Robots have been a part of our culture for centuries, but it is only in the last decade or two that robotic technology has really become integrated into daily life. [...]

Virtual humans can identify post-traumatic stress in soldiers

October 12, 2017

Soldiers are more likely to open up to a computer-generated virtual interviewer than by taking a survey, say researchers in Frontiers in Robotics and AI [...]

Google Glass app helps autistic children with social interactions

September 22, 2017

Wearable technology described in Frontiers in Robotics and AI can recognize conversational prompts and provide the user with suitable responses. [...]

Why humans find faulty robots more likeable

August 29, 2017

Participants in the study liked the faulty robot significantly more than the flawless one. This finding confirms the Pratfall Effect, which states that people's attractiveness increases when they make a mistake.

New study, published in Frontiers in Robotics and AI, finds that humans prefer interacting with faulty robots more than with flawless robots. [...]

Empowering robots for ethical behavior

July 27, 2017

Researchers have developed a concept called Empowerment to help robots and humans to work and live side-by-side safely and effectively. [...]

Changing the self through immersive Virtual Reality: an interview with Mel Slater

October 25, 2016

“I still find immersive Virtual Reality as thrilling now as when I first tried it 20 years ago,” writes Professor Mel Slater, Field Chief Editor of Frontiers in [...]