In labs, living rooms, hospitals, and classrooms, robots are no longer just tools—they’re becoming social actors. People ...

Fauna Robotics is launching Sprout as a developer platform for humanoid robots. The robot features 29 degrees of freedom and ...

A humanoid robot that walks, maintains eye contact, and displays subtle facial expressions has ...

Computer Science majors Owen McGann ’26 and Yousef Sengal ’27 spent last summer conducting research on Human-Robot ...

Social by nature, humans interact in multiple ways—through voice, vision and touch. Reflecting these humanistic qualities, robotic capabilities are improving, and as such, human-robot interaction will ...

China’s humanoid robotics race took a striking turn in late January when DroidUp unveiled Moya, a humanoid it calls the world ...

Human–robot interaction (HRI) and gesture-based control systems represent a rapidly evolving research field that seeks to bridge the gap between human intuition and robotic precision. This area ...

Editor’s Note: This is part of a series called Inside the Lab, which gives audiences a first-hand look at the research laboratories at the University of Chicago and the scholars who are tackling some ...

China’s fairy-inspired humanoid robot Elf Xuan drew widespread attention for its lifelike facial expressions at a recent robotics gala.

John Deere and Mercedes-Benz are among several companies that are investing more than $500 million in Apptronik, a startup ...

Apptronik Inc., the maker of artificial intelligence-powered humanoid robots, today announced it has raised $520 million more in early-stage funding, bringing the total capital raised by the company ...