With warm skin, expressive features and human-like movement, Moya is redefining what a social robot can be. In early 2026, the Shanghai-based robotics company DroidUp unveiled Moya, one of the ...

BEIJING - In a care facility in eastern China’s Jiangsu province, a waist-high white robot glides quietly between rooms. Its digital face lights up in a ...

When interacting with highly realistic humanoid robots, the simple presence of eyes strongly shapes how humans perceive the ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Friendly robots, the ones people love to love, are quirky: R2-D2, C-3PO, WALL-E, BB-8, Marvin, Roz and Baymax. They’re emotional, prone to panic or bossy, empathetic and able to ...

AI’s concealed labor has repeatedly led us to overestimate the technology. Humanoid robots are entering a similar phase.

Robots are becoming smarter and more common, but their ability to handle objects with human-like precision remains limited. At Kennesaw State University, new research is enabling robots to better ...

When soft music is playing in the background, a brief exchange with a robot can evoke unexpected feelings of intimacy.

Robots are everywhere in our imaginations—helping older adults at home, stocking warehouses, cleaning offices, and taking on ...

Welcome to this week’s episode of “man-made horrors beyond human comprehension.” A humanoid robot named DeREK had what you might call a “moment” on the floor of a San Francisco robotics lab this week, ...