Tag - Social Robots

Social Robots: When Machines Become More Human Than We Are

Credit: DepositphotosThere are moments in life when you realize the world has changed — and you didn’t even notice. That moment came for me when I imagined what my grandmother, who passed away at 95, would say to a new kind of "companion": a half-meter-tall robot with LED eyes and a gentle voice reminding...

Social Robots Learning On Their Own? New Study Skips Human Involvement In Early Testing

Credit: PixabayA new study from the University of Surrey and the University of Hamburg shows that humans are no longer the only drivers of training social robots for effective interaction.Presented at the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), the study unveils a new simulation approach that allows researchers to test social robots...