This robot can tell when you’re about to smile — and smile back. Emo can predict a human smile 839 milliseconds before it happens. Play the video Play. By analyzing hundreds of videos, ...

“I’m a jaded roboticist, but I smile back at this robot,” says Lipson. Emo consists of a face with cameras in its eyeballs and flexible plastic skin that has 23 separate motors attached to ...

That's not creepy at all If humanoid robots make you a bit queasy — would it help if they had fleshy faces that can smile at you? Technology A robot gets a face of living ‘skin’ that allows ...

Clever algorithms are allowing robots to navigate accurately and work safely in challenging environments, all the while displaying a smile across their screens.

For robots, their attempts at genuine smiles often fall into the uncanny valley—close enough to resemble a human, but causing a touch of unease. Logically, you know what they’re trying to do. But gut ...

A new study suggests that robots could be the future of child counselors.. Researchers from Cambridge University believe that children are more willing to share personal information with robots ...

A smile produced by a 2D facial robot covered with living human skin (Takeuchi et al.) Your support helps us to tell the story. Read more. Support Now.

Say Cheese: Japanese Scientists Make Robot Face 'Smile' With Living Skin By Irene Wang and Rocky Swift TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese scientists have devised a way to attach living skin tissue to ...

Robots can be better at detecting mental wellbeing issues in children than parent-reported or self-reported testing, a new study suggests.