Sliwinski says Lego wanted to move past the two dominant narratives around AI and children. One frames AI as an unstoppable force that will render kids obsolete before adulthood. The other calls for ...

Abstract: This article presents a method for learning well-coordinated human–robot interaction (HRI) from human–human interactions (HHI). We devise a hybrid approach using hidden Markov models (HMMs) ...

Hengbot unveils Sirius, a trainable AI robot dog with customizable movements, patented motors, and a Creator Studio platform.

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Decades ago, the common hope was that, by the year 2000, we would be living in a full-on science-fiction utopia, with intelligent robots ...

Abstract: Learning from demonstration (LfD) can be used to increase the behavioural repertoire of a robot, but most demonstration-based learning techniques do not enable a robot to acquire knowledge ...

The Chinese government is betting that robots will drive economic growth. But the bots can’t really do much yet. By Meaghan Tobin and Xinyun Wu Reporting from Taipei, Taiwan Robots made by Chinese ...

Robot companies are racing toward a breakout year, but they'll have to confront some fundamental problems before making bigger promises. Jesse Orrall (he/him/his) is a Senior Video Producer for CNET.