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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

But not just a robot—a sort of child-robot," she shared in an excerpt published by People Oct. 17. "I had been so infantilized that I was losing pieces of what made me feel like myself." ...

“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 ...

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 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.

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

You choose your own child rather than a robot—your own child, an individual with a will of his own—because you are made in the image of God. This was his choice, and so it also is yours.

Check. A robot designed to play chess reportedly grabbed and broke the finger of its 7-year-old opponent during a match in Moscow. “Of course, this is bad,” Moscow Chess Federation pres… ...