When soft music is playing in the background, a brief exchange with a robot can evoke unexpected feelings of intimacy. Researchers were surprised to discover how much of a role the background music ...

“If music be the food of love, play on”, so the famous aphorism goes. But what if the music didn’t come from a human? What if Daft Punk’s Robot Rock came from an actual robot? Would that change ...

The crowd went wild, but people reacting online are less enthusiastic. Taiwanese-American singer Wang Leehom surprised the audience when he took the stage with dancing robots at a concert in Chengdu, ...

Loneliness has a critical impact on the mental health of citizens, particularly among the elderly. Robots capable of perceiving and responding to human emotions can serve as heart-warming companions ...

BEIJING — Humanoid robots hip-hop danced, performed martial arts and played keyboard, guitar and drums at the opening ceremony of the first World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing on Thursday evening.

Russia’s first domestically produced artificial intelligence-powered humanoid robot faceplanted during its first public demonstration this week, underscoring the challenges Russia faces in competing ...