Building an empathy module is a matter of identifying those characteristics of human communication that machines can use to recognize emotion and then training algorithms to spot them.

Isaac Asimov’s famous Three Laws of Robotics — constraints on the behavior of androids and automatons meant to ensure the safety of humans — were also famously incomplete. The laws, which first ...

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 ...

Computer science researchers aim to teach robots how to predict human preferences in assembly tasks, so they can one day help out on everything from building a satellite to setting a table.

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.

Robots come in a vast array of shapes and sizes. By definition, they're machines that perform automatic tasks and can be ...

Make machines master emotion Human-like faculties such as empathy, emotions, and the capacity to read non-verbal social cues should give robots much greater ability to interact with humans.

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

Elon Musk is building a human-like robot: Does anyone else think this is a really bad idea? Yep, he's at it again. Apparently, launching a sports car into space wasn't enough.

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.

Here’s one way to tackle the dreaded task of assembling your Ikea furniture: Get a robot to do it for you. With some off-the-shelf robotics hardware and a substantial amount of programming ...