More than two years ago, I told you that female robots were coming. Now, Tomotaka Takahashi, founder of Robo Garage, a spin-off of Kyoto University, and creator of several famous robots, has unveiled ...

When we give AI a humanoid form, we typically choose the robot to have feminine characteristics. Are we playing on stereotypes? There is a popular idea that artificial intelligence (AI) is out to get ...

The second phase of Gaganyaan mission will involve the launch of Vyommitra It is a female spacefaring humanoid robot Vyommitra, a name derived from the Sanskrit words "Vyoma" (meaning "Space") and ...

Companies looking to replace human staff with robots at hotels, restaurants and other service industries, should consider giving them a female face, study finds. For the study, 170 volunteers were ...

Saudi Arabia now has a matching pair of male and female humanoid robots whose AI is coded to be culturally aligned with the nation's values. Just weeks after the male robot, Muhammed, groped a women's ...

This year’s Arthur C. Clarke award for the year’s best science fiction novel was awarded last month to Sierra Greer’s Annie Bot. Over the course of the novel, Annie, a sentient sex robot programmed to ...