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Tokyo Olympic organisers on Friday rolled out a pair of chatty robots they will put to work to assist wheelchair users at the 2020 Games as they continue to plug Japan's cutting-edge technology.

https://phys.org/news/2019-03-short-circuit-tokyo-unveils-chatty.html

Sporting a trendy brown bob, a humanoid robot named Erica chats to a man in front of stunned audience members in Madrid.

https://phys.org/news/2018-10-increasingly-human-like-robots-fascination.html

The human arm can perform a wide range of extremely delicate and coordinated movements, from turning a key in a lock to gently stroking a puppy's fur. The robotic "arms" on underwater research su...

https://phys.org/news/2018-10-iron-mansubmarines-soft-robotic-arms.html

The Chinese kindergarten children giggled as they worked to solve puzzles assigned by their new teaching assistant: a roundish, short educator with a screen for a face.

https://phys.org/news/2018-08-robot-teachers-invade-chinese-kindergartens.html

English-speaking AI robots will be helping out in some 500 Japanese classrooms from next year as the country seeks to improve its English skills among both children and teachers.

https://phys.org/news/2018-08-japan-eyes-ai-robots-class.html

Robots that can diagnose diseases, play badminton and wow audiences with their musical skills are among the machines China hopes could revolutionise its economy, with visitors to a Beijing exhibi...

https://phys.org/news/2018-08-china-automated-doctors-teachers-combat.html

In future decades, the need for effective strategies for medical rehabilitation will increase significantly, because patients' rate of survival after diseases with severe functional deficits, suc...

https://phys.org/news/2018-08-robots-tools-partners.html

The little robotic waiter wheels up to the table, raises its glass lid to reveal a steaming plate of local Shanghai-style crayfish and announces in low, mechanical tones, "Enjoy your meal."

https://phys.org/news/2018-08-chip-labour-robots-waiters-china.html

It has played football with former US president Barack Obama and danced for German leader Angela Merkel, but Honda's ASIMO robot may have reached the end of the line.

https://phys.org/news/2018-06-line-asimo-japan-famed-robot.html

It speaks two languages, gives math lessons, tells jokes and interacts with children through the tablet screen in its chest—China's latest robot is the babysitter every parent needs.

https://phys.org/news/2018-06-ipal-robot-companion-china-lonely.html

From slithering and walking to flying or swimming, animals are able to move and interact with their environment with relative ease. However, building a robot with the same capabilities is much mo...

https://phys.org/news/2018-06-robot-mimics-animalsand-youd.html

It's the hands-free experience you never knew you needed—a Japanese company has developed a drone-powered parasol it says can hover over users, protecting them from the sun.

https://phys.org/news/2018-06-japan-drone-brella-hands-free-sun.html

A research team of Seoul National University has developed a skin-like electronic system that is soft, thin, lightweight and can wirelessly activate soft robots through a simple lamination proces...

https://phys.org/news/2018-06-electronic-skins-wirelessly-fully-soft.html

A robotics company known for its widely shared videos of nimble, legged robots opening doors or walking through rough terrain is preparing to sell some after years of research.

https://phys.org/news/2018-05-robots-youtube-sensation-ready.html

Ohio crews cleaning up a massive former Cold War-era uranium enrichment plant in Ohio plan this summer to deploy a high-tech helper: an autonomous, radiation-measuring robot that will roll throug...

https://phys.org/news/2018-04-robot-faster-safer-uranium-pipe.html

It's small enough to fit inside a shoebox, yet this robot on four wheels has a big mission: keeping factories and other large facilities safe from hackers.

https://phys.org/news/2018-04-robot-defend-factories-cyberthreats.html

A research team of Seoul National University led by Professor Kyu-Jin Cho has developed an origami-inspired robotic arm that is foldable, self-assembling and also highly-rigid. (The researchers i...

https://phys.org/news/2018-03-origami-inspired-self-locking-foldable-robotic-arm.html

A study led by researchers at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) has uncovered new ways of driving multi-legged robots by means of a two-level controller. The proposed controller uses a n...

https://phys.org/news/2018-03-tokyo-tech-six-legged-robots-closer.html

Researchers at Harvard University have built soft robots inspired by nature that can crawl, swim, grasp delicate objects and even assist a beating heart, but none of these devices has been able t...

https://phys.org/news/2018-02-d-method-embeds-capabilities-robotic.html

Unpacking groceries is a straightforward albeit tedious task: You reach into a bag, feel around for an item, and pull it out. A quick glance will tell you what the item is and where it should be ...

https://phys.org/news/2018-02-robotic-warehouse-tasks.html

Imagine living in a cramped studio apartment in a large city—but being able to summon your bed or closet through a mobile app, call forth your desk using voice command, or have everything retra...

https://phys.org/news/2018-01-smart-furniture-spaces-tiny-apartments.html

Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems invented a magnetically controlled soft robot only four millimeters in size, that can walk, crawl or roll through uneven terrain, ca...

https://phys.org/news/2018-01-nature-inspired-soft-millirobot-enclosed-spaces.html

Japan, home of the "kawaii" cult of cute, has always had a soft spot for companion robots, in contrast to the more industrial or mechanical types used for assembly lines, surgeries and military m...

https://phys.org/news/2018-01-dont-bother-cat-litter-japan.html

By helping rubber and plastic stick together under pressure, University of Nebraska-Lincoln chemists have simplified the production of small fluid-carrying channels that can drive movement in sof...

https://phys.org/news/2018-01-technique-eases-production-customization-soft.html

A plush, robotic duck may soon become a fixture in the world of children who have cancer—a social robot that can be silly, happy, angry, scared or sick just like them, and help them cope creati...

https://phys.org/news/2018-01-robot-duck-aim-kids-cancer.html

Micro-grippers may be able to navigate unstructured environments and could help reduce risk during surgeries, according to a study published December 13, 2017 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE ...

https://phys.org/news/2017-12-micro-grippers-unstructured-environments.html

You might not think a research area as detailed, technically advanced and futuristic as building robots with living materials would need help getting organized, but that's precisely what Vickie W...

https://phys.org/news/2017-12-biorobotic-future.html

Like toddlers, robots can use a little help as they learn to function in the physical world. That's the purpose of a Rice University program that gently guides robots toward the most helpful, hum...

https://phys.org/news/2017-12-refine-method-robots-collaborate.html

Japanese auto giant Toyota Wednesday showcased a humanoid robot that can mirror its user's movements, a product it says has uses as varied as elderly care and disaster response.

https://phys.org/news/2017-11-toyota-showcases-humanoid-robot-mirrors.html

Soft robotic actuators, which are pneumatic artificial muscles designed and programmed to perform lifelike motions, have recently emerged as an attractive alternative to more rigid components tha...

https://phys.org/news/2017-11-half-hearted-solution-one-sided-heart-failuresoft.html