When I saw the image of the server robot in a dress, with a feminine chest, I assumed its appearance would be addressed. In particular, the sexist practice of casting obviously female robots in ...

The study focused on a lamp-like robot, reminiscent of Pixar’s animated Luxo Jr. character, equipped with a 6-axis robotic arm and a head containing a light and projector. The researchers ...

Luxo Jr. is a digital character, but a team of researchers at Apple has created a real-world robot that looks like the Pixar mascot come to (artificial) life. The robotics scientists and engineers ...

Now, Suhan Kim at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his colleagues have developed an insect-like flying robot about the size of a postage stamp that can execute acrobatic manoeuvres ...

In a research paper published in January 2025, Apple argues that 'characteristics such as expressive movement are key to optimizing human-robot interaction.' To illustrate this, Apple is ...

Would you feel comfortable having a robot like the Black Panther 2.0 working alongside you, or would its advanced capabilities make you nervous about potential job displacement or safety concerns?

Apple’s Machine Learning Research team has released a paper and a video demo of a lamp-like robot called ELEGNT, which aims to work for users in a pleasing manner with the use of cute movements.

In this paper, we present the design and prototyping of a lamp-like robot that explores the interplay between functional and expressive objectives in movement design. Using a research-through ...

I’m talking about Aria, a highly life-like humanoid robot that transcends, its maker Realbotix says, the barrier between man and machine, and is available on order to be delivered within 12 weeks.

Apple gets it. Robots are going to be everywhere, but they won’t look like robots. Check out their new paper ELEGNT. With each task, the robot in 'Expressive' mode exhibits lifelike behaviors ...

The advancement is a step towards making humanoid robots move like real people in the future. "ASAP enables highly agile motions that were previously difficult to achieve, demonstrating the ...