Robotics

How do we stop ‘robot evolution’ from spiraling out of control? Two essential articles on the future of robotics and AI

October 27, 2022 // 0 Comments

By Colm Gorey, Frontiers Science Communications Manager Image: Shutterstock.com Robotics and AI have quickly outgrown as tropes of science fiction and are almost ubiquitous [...]

Sharing a laugh: Scientists teach a robot when to have a sense of humor

September 15, 2022 // 0 Comments

By Peter Rejcek, science writer ERICA being trained on how to have a sense of humor. Image: Inoue et al No one can really agree on what makes each of us laugh, so designing [...]

Artificial intelligence can predict your personality — simply by tracking your eyes

January 7, 2019 // 0 Comments

A study has shown for the first time that computers can predict individuals’ personality traits from their eye movements while engaged in everyday tasks; Frontiers in Human Neuroscience [...]

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

December 27, 2018 // 0 Comments

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 [...]

Why humans find faulty robots more likeable

August 29, 2017 // 0 Comments

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 // 1 Comment

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

Robot epigenetics: adding complexity to embodied robot evolution

April 4, 2017 // 1 Comment

For the first time, researchers in the field of evolutionary robotics have used physically embodied robots to study epigenetic effects on robot evolution. [...]

Robotic tutors for primary school children

November 4, 2016 // 6 Comments

By Ian Salter, Frontiers Science Writer The use of robotic tutors in primary school classrooms is one step closer according to research recently published in the open access [...]

Living with a prosthesis that learns: A case-study in translational medicine

August 18, 2016 // 0 Comments

Every year 1,900 new upper-limb amputations occur in Europe, maintaining a population of such disabled persons hovering around 90,000. What can assistive robotics, rehabilitation science and engineering do for these people? [...]

Putting humanoid robots in contact with their environment

August 16, 2016 // 1 Comment

Researchers from the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia put their humanoid robot iCub to the test using manipulation and interaction as sources of knowledge and new experience, as well as, providing a means to explore and control the environment. Read more. [...]