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Locus Robotics' autonomous warehouse robots just got a whole lot smarter, thanks to a new software update that allows them to talk to each other on the warehouse floor. Here's how they work.
Talking robots that interact with older people could be introduced into care homes to help fight loneliness and mental ill health.
Massachusetts researchers have developed a robot that teaches people how to lose weight, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.
Kirobo, a Japanese-speaking talking 'robot astronaut,' will launch to the International Space Station for its historic first flight in August 2013.
Call it one giant leap for robot kind: A small talking robot launched into space aboard a Japanese cargo ship Saturday (Aug. 3) to keep astronauts company on the International Space Station.
Musio the talking robot was standing on a lunch table at Manhattan’s original Shake Shack, unable to talk. The toy robot needs a Wi-Fi connection to access its language cortex. But even in this ...
The robot is headed to the International Space Station TOKYO (AP) — Japan has launched the world's first talking humanoid robot "astronaut" toward the International Space Station.
The robots cry if guests come too close and roll back to their battery stations when they need to "recharge," the restaurant owners said.
The conversationalist robot Kirobo has just been launched into the abyss, and is scheduled to arrive at the International Space Station by August 9 ...
Sulla, the world’s first talking robot, was so adept at conversation—in four languages, no less—that a human visitor to the laboratory in which she was created refused to believe she was not ...
Japan is getting ready to take one giant leap for robot-kind. The island nation will carry out the world's first space conversation between a robot and a human this summer. A tiny robot named ...