Researchers have created a robot that can smile back – in a human way. Emo, the robot, has been designed to mimic facial expressions and can pick up subtle clues in human facial expressions – and it ...

If we want to live in a world where we interact with robots, they'll have to be able to read and respond to our facial expressions in lightning-fast time. Now, scientists have come a step closer to ...

If you want your humanoid robot to realistically simulate facial expressions, it’s all about timing. And for the past five years, engineers at Columbia University’s Creative Machines Lab have been ...

Columbia engineers build Emo, a silicon-clad robotic face that makes eye contact and uses two AI models to anticipate and replicate a person's smile before the person actually smiles -- a major ...

A silicon-skinned robot face developed at Columbia University combines AI, cameras for eyes and 26 actuators to mimic human facial expressions.

She may look miles away from crossing uncanny valley, but Nexi from MIT’s Personal Robots Group is at least on the way. She’s designed to be a “Mobile Social Dextrous” machine that moves like we do ...

A humanoid robot that is said to be capable of reading its owner's emotions has gone on sale in Japan - and sold out within the space of a minute. Pepper went on sale on Saturday (June 20) and ...