Abstract The emergence of female robot wives, humanoid robots designed for companionship, intimacy, and domestic partnership, ...

Unitree Robotics has launched the R1, a remarkable humanoid robot capable of walking, running, dancing, cartwheeling, and even kung-fu kicks. It can also respond to voice commands and hold basic ...

Diligent Robotics co-founder Vivian Chu said her "minimum viable humanoid" robots are already helping hospital staff save ...

AI's rapid advancement reshapes work, learning, and connection, but can't replace the depth of human relationships.

Author: Mark Stevens is the author of “No Lie Lasts Forever,” “The Fireballer” (2023) and The Allison Coil Mystery Series ...

There was a time, in the early 2000s, when I loved football with such naive intensity that I wore a different NFL jersey to ...

A few weeks before my daughter’s fourth birthday, I stumbled across an AI party planner called CelebrateAlly. “Looking to ...

Artificial intelligence companions are attractive and seem to “know” and “like” us because they make caring-ish statements.

But Robin the Robot is different. Its main goal is to offer companionship and comfort — a noble goal, but a role of AI models ...

Uncover the unique benefits of social robots as companions for the elderly, promoting joy and imagination in care settings.

Real-life dating comes with a whole host of human issues; you deal with the feelings and emotions of another person each day, and they can be unpredictable. You’re at risk of all the dating faux pas, ...

Rodney Brooks, the cofounder of Roomba vacuum creator iRobot, said the idea of humanoid robots as catchall assistants, the ...