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New Research Explores How Social Cues Affect Human-Robot Interaction

Robots are increasingly being considered for use in highly tense civilian encounters to minimize person-to-person contact and danger to peacekeeping personnel. Trust, along with physical qualities and cultural considerations, is an essential factor in the effectiveness of these robotic peacekeepers.

23 Sep 2015

New Research on Household Robots Could Lay Groundwork for Assistive Technologies

The use of household robots for healthcare or service needs could help thousands of people, but most of those people do not have the skills to program those robots.

23 Sep 2015

Call for Ban on Robots that could be used for Sex

A campaign has been launched by a De Montfort University researcher calling for a ban on the development of robots that can be used for sex, calling the trend “very disturbing indeed”.

16 Sep 2015

UW Professor Wins NSF CAREER Award to Develop Artificially Intelligent Robots

Jeff Clune studies how to harness the power of evolution to make artificially intelligent robots.

9 Sep 2015

Researchers Develop Autobiographical Memory for Humanoid Robot

A team of French researchers from the Institut cellule souche et cerveau (Inserm/Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1), led by CNRS senior researcher Peter Ford Dominey, has developed "an autobiographical memory"[1] for the robot Nao, which enables it to pass on knowledge learnt from humans to other, less knowledgable humans.

8 Sep 2015

First-Ever Robotic Butler Officially Reports for Duty at Aloft Silicon Valley

Aloft Hotels, the innovative hotel brand for today’s hyper-connected global traveler, today announced that its second robotic butler, or Botlr, is officially reporting for full-time duty at Aloft Silicon Valley, effective immediately.

19 Aug 2015

Scientists Develop Brain-Computer Control Interface for Lower Limb Exoskeleton

Scientists working at Korea University, Korea, and TU Berlin, Germany have developed a brain-computer control interface for a lower limb exoskeleton by decoding specific signals from within the user's brain.

19 Aug 2015

Human-Machine Interface Allows Bipedal Robot to Maintain Balance and Complete Tasks

Deep in the basement of MIT’s Building 3, a two-legged robot named HERMES is wreaking controlled havoc: punching through drywall, smashing soda cans, kicking over trash buckets, and karate-chopping boards in half. Its actions, however, are not its own.

12 Aug 2015

2015 Annual Meeting of HFES to Feature Over 400 Presentations Including Human-Robot Interaction

The program for the 2015 International Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society features more than 400 presentations from leading HF/E experts across multiple domains on topics including patient safety, product design, driver distraction, emergency response, human-robot interaction, and more.

6 Aug 2015

MIT Researchers Design Robotic Limb that Mimics Normal Walking Motion

In the last two decades, prosthetic limb technology has grown by leaps and bounds. Today, the most advanced prostheses incorporate microprocessors that work with onboard gyroscopes, accelerometers, and hydraulics to enable a person to walk with a normal gait. Such top-of-the-line prosthetics can cost more than $50,000.

5 Aug 2015