A new tool for predicting a person’s movement trajectory may help humans and robots work together in close proximity. In 2018, researchers at MIT and the auto manufacturer BMW were... Read more
It’s not whether you win or lose; it’s how hard the robot is working. A Cornell-led team has found that when robots are beating humans in contests for cash prizes, people consider... Read more
Technology can help workers in many ways. Romero, Stahre, Wuest, et al., CC BY-ND Thorsten Wuest, West Virginia University; David Romero, Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superi... Read more
From a robot’s perspective, humans are normally a nuisance: when robots and humans have to work together, it often leads to problems. Researchers on CogIMon, a new project s... Read more
Given the aging of the population and the low birthrate both in Japan and elsewhere, healthcare professionals are in short supply and unevenly distributed, giving rise to a need fo... Read more
A ‘friendly robot’ called ERWIN will be used to help scientists understand how more realistic long-term relationships might be developed between humans and androids. ERWIN (Emotion... Read more
