The computer scientist Christoph Salge is trying to circumvent the need for rules that guide robots’ behavior. His strategy: Give them a goal of making us more powerful.

An empathy module analyzes facial cues, acoustic markers in speech and the content of speech itself to read human emotion and tell the robot how to respond.

In both the consumer and industrial worlds, scientists are working to make robots more human like. But while there are some common goals—and even similar applications—the vision can be quite ...

I think that the idea of empowerment does fill a niche. It keeps an agent from letting a human die, but once you’ve satisfied this very basic bottom line, it still has a continued drive to create ...

Robots predict human intention for faster builds In a new paper, USC computer science researchers 'teach' robots how to predict human preferences in assembly tasks. Date: April 5, 2023 Source ...

The new algorithm could help robots make safer, smarter decisions around humans, even amidst the greatest uncertainties.

“Human literacy” is the ability to engage others, think creatively, and be entrepreneurial. “Even in the robot age – or perhaps, especially in the robot age – what matters is other ...

Japanese researchers covered a robot finger with a self-healing pliable sheet made of human skin cells. Why it matters Helping robots resemble humans could improve their integration with our society.

Microsoft is bringing artificial intelligence to the masses, releasing a project that allows Minecraft programmers of any level to create their own human-like robot.

An AI-driven robot successfully removed gallbladders from pig cadavers on its own. Here’s how they did it. (And surgeons shouldn’t put away their scalpels just yet.) ...