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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

“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 ...

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.

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 robot that senses when a human is about to smile and simultaneously responds with one of its own could represent a big step towards developing robots with enhanced communication skills more ...