Many decades ago, IBM engineers developed the typeball. This semi-spherical hunk of metal would become the heart of the Selectric typewriter line. [James Brown] has now leveraged that very concept to ...

EU researchers are testing a robot that can have basic conversations in busy surroundings, with the idea of assisting people arriving at hospitals. A hospital in central Paris has had an unexpected ...

A robot dog that talks back may sound like a novelty. In this case, it is meant to solve a practical problem: guide dogs can lead, but they cannot explain. That gap is what researchers at Binghamton ...

Although there are a few robots on the market that can make life a bit easier, plenty of them have closed-source software or smartphone apps required for control that may phone home and send any ...

Polish maker Nikodem Bartnik has created a robot head that can answer questions like an ancient Greek philosopher. The robot has a metal mask with 3D-printed moving eyes, LED lights behind its mouth, ...