The robots in Companion are uniquely designed, with a certain amount of safeguards that can actually be brought down through ...

Science fiction has been obsessed with perfect female robot companions but never considered what makes a good male human ...

Companion is a standalone movie, yet it also feels as though it could be a sequel to a critically acclaimed robot movie from ...

These robots, whether they're fully mobile or desk-mounted busts used primarily for conversation, use AI to facilitate personal interaction with the general public or specific individuals over a long ...

The benefits and risks of human-robot relationships. Victoria 12-year-old builds AI robot companion for lonely kids and seniors "There's a lot of fear that these devices will be isolating and ...

Inside the robotics laboratory of the Toyota Research Institute (TRI) in Cambridge, Massachusetts, a group of robots are busy cooking. There is nothing special about that; robotic chefs have been ...

“It’s happening right now around all of us: the new AI world. I am a big believer in not letting robots dream for us. Robots cannot reflect the human condition for us. That is a dead end if an ...

What they should have warned about was jobs — the redundancy and destitution of most of humanity, unless there's some kind of universal income funded by taxes on robots. What no-one talks about ...

That’s because Iris is a robot, “more specifically, a companion robot,” Josh admits to her, after Iris discovers that she is not a real girl. Josh hates that other people imply that she’s ...