Lorena Avelar trailed her 4-year-old son, Fabian, as he roamed around Elgin’s Gail Borden Public Library’s Robot Zoo, captivated by the giant robot animals that have overtaken the building.

"Animal-Robot Interaction (ARI) ... Such interactive robots should be regarded as representatives of a new species that has the capacity for social interaction with others.

Psychologists and social scientists are studying the way dogs and humans bond to build better interactive robots. By Charlotte Hu Published Sep 28, 2022 3:00 PM EDT ...

Running Friday through Jan. 30, this Palm Beach County staple will feature larger-than-life-sized robots, interactive robotic activities, bot battles, and robotics in agriculture, manufacturing ...

Unlike advanced robots which have only really made strides in the past few decades, animals have had millions, or in some cases, billions of years of evolution on their side.

Interactive robots should not just be passive companions, but active partners–like therapy horses who respond to human emotion–say University of Bristol researchers.

Researchers have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) system that enables a four-legged robot to adapt its gait to ...

Some are already in our midst. In Japan, humanlike robots have served as supplemental health care workers in senior living facilities. Larger humanoid robotic machines can help lift patients out of ...

Why can't robots outrun animals? Date: April 26, 2024 Source: Simon Fraser University Summary: Robotics engineers have worked for decades and invested many millions of research dollars in attempts ...

My own interests in human-animal relationships was part of the reason I was keenly interested in a new book by MIT Media Lab's expert in robot ethics, Dr. Kate Darling, called The New Breed: What ...