Trust between humans and robots is improved when the movement between both is harmonized, researchers have discovered. These findings could improve the success of real-world human-robot teams ...

Blockchains and smart contracts enable autonomous machines to team with humans in healthcare, education, manufacturing, and ...

AI and robots bring legal, ethical, and societal challenges to humans. A new handbook discusses societal impacts, values, and ...

By embedding principles of embodiment, social interaction, and development, they are poised to become invaluable partners in achieving sustainable, human-centric industrial systems.

Robots have since evolved and now exhibit far more human-like qualities ... Around 3 million robots work in factories around the world, with about a third of those in the automotive industry ...

Despite impressive leaps in robotics over the past few years—including the emergence of lint-trapping Roombas, ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) and AI-enabled robots are becoming a bigger part of our daily lives. Real-time, flexible ...

With a staff of more than 750,000 machines working alongside 1.5 million human employees around the world, robots already make up a third of the retail giant’s workforce. The firm’s first ...

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