Ex-Tesla engineer Remi Cadene unveiled plans to build an AI robot to automate industrial processes amid a decline in the ...

Samantha Reig, an assistant professor in the Miner School of Computer and Information Sciences, has been a researcher in the ...

Physical AI could help redesign jobs so autistic and neurodivergent workers can succeed in workplaces built around clearer, ...

A tech firm just launched robot companions that have human-like skin and can read your emotions. Because ignoring every ...

Sandra Cota's world had grown quiet. The busy pace of her life had slowed in recent years, replaced by long days in her Bronx apartment where the low drone of the television filled the silence between ...

Abi, an AI-powered companion, interacts with a resident at a senior care home in Melbourne, Australia. (Andromeda Robotics) You’re reading The Checkup With Dr. Wen, a newsletter on how to navigate ...

Today, nearly four-in-ten U.S. adults say they engage with AI at least several times a day. This includes 7% who report doing so almost constantly. Another three-in-ten say they do so about once a day ...

UBTech launched emotional support robots in China, bringing lifelike humanoids, emotional AI, and companionship features into homes.

It may appear that humanoid robots capable of handling any task have almost arrived—especially when tech companies showcase them performing acrobatic feats or handling household chores. But there is ...

AI companions can reduce loneliness or prove lethal depending on the details. The big difference lies in whether the machine points us back toward human life or replaces it.