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To teach social-emotional skills, does a robot need to pretend to be human?

UChicago scientists team up with Chicago Public Schools to test if robots need fictional personalities to teach effectively ...
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Robots, Humans, and Androids: How Smartphones Are Actually Assembled

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Almost like a human: New humanoid robot freaks out onlookers

Humanoid robots have crossed a line that once belonged firmly to science fiction. In crowded convention halls and viral clips, machines that walk, smile and even misbehave like people are startling ...

30 Years Ago, Robots Learned to Walk Without Falling

PO, the human-cyborg-relations android from Star Wars. C-3PO was designed to assist humans in communicating with robots and ...
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Meet Moya, the warm-skinned AI robot built to feel as human as possible

This humanoid is the brainchild of Chinese robotics manufacturer DroidUp who is pitching it as a ‘social companion’ ...
Digital Trends

Watch the creepy precision of this robot’s human-like fingers

Another day, another humanoid robot breakthrough. While the U.S. and China have a growing number of firms developing cutting-edge humanoid robots — Boston Dynamics, Figure, Unitree, and EngineAI among ...