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I Tried the Robot That’s Coming to Live With You. It’s Still Part Human.

PALO ALTO, Calif.—Rule #1 when testing humanoid robots: Be nice. You know why; you’ve seen the movies. And Neo looks like it marched straight out of one. The 5-foot-6-inch robot shuffled to the ...
SiliconANGLE

Sunday wants to put a robot in every home, beginning with the launch of Memo

Sunday, an artificial intelligence robotics startup founded by Stanford Ph.D. roboticists, launched today to introduce Memo: a household robot capable of doing everyday chores. The new robot is built ...
USA Today

What to know about NEO, the $20,000 humanoid robot that'll do your chores

Robots may be one of the greatest 21st-century inventions, but up until Oct. 28, you couldn’t purchase one to help out with daily household tasks, such as emptying the dishwasher or vacuuming your ...
Purdue University

Improving robots’ social skills: Purdue professor programs robots for improved nonverbal communication to better support humans

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 ...
Ars Technica

Scientists built a badminton-playing robot with AI-powered skills

Robots like Atlas, Spot, and Stretch have amazed people with natural, life-like agility and body balance. What they were lacking, though, was a way to quickly connect this natural movement to ...