Why robots tend to be white. Given the diversity of people they will be exposed to, why does Kaspar, designed to interact with children with autism, have rubber skin that resembles a white person ...

The Dawn Avatar Robot Café in Tokyo, Japan is filled full of friendly looking, shiny white robots that whizz around the floor and are controlled by humans from their home. Comments.

The latest version of the robot, dubbed "Gen 2," is 30% faster and 22 pounds lighter than the previous one, the video says. It has new hands and a shiny white exterior.

Humanoid robots tend to be white or resemble white people. Here’s why this is a problem and what social scientists, designers and engineers can do about it.

Watch our interview with Lupita Nyong'o. Naturally, the local critters are not best pleased with the sudden arrival of a big shiny white robot and Roz is not quite accorded the same greeting as C ...