The Longer Read Meet the AI human-like robots that can do our jobs Current breakthroughs in AI are key to the revolution in ‘human’ androids, explains Robert Waugh. Some of them are already ...

By investigating the impact of labeling human faces as "android," the research illuminates how cognitive processes shape human-robot interaction and social cognition, offering insights for ...

This article was published on March 26, 2015 Insider How the world’s first robot astronaut is helping pave the way for the future of human-android interaction March 26, 2015 - 8:05 pm ...

Google’s latest Mobile Operating System (MOPS) dubbed Android, has all but wiped the original connection of the term android – a human-like robot- off the grid. For good measure, simply open a ...

Two 'friendly' robots, including a 3D-printed humanistic android, are helping scientists to understand how more realistic long-term relationships might be developed between humans and androids.

A new exhibition in Japan, titled "Android: What is Human?" features life-like robots that can act as receptionists and newscasters.

A roboticist explains how androids can be more humanlike than humans, and why that's not necessarily a good thing.

Pepper the robot looks like a robot, thanks to an almost-anime design. What then, of Kodomoroid (above, center) and Otonaroid (right)? Both androids have found employment at Japan's National ...

We can give robots smiling mouths but until we can put emotion into their eyes as well we’re better off with less human-looking designs.

There's been a lot of talk about robosexual marriage lately — with some people claiming it will destroy society. But the truth is, robots have been ...