Clara Berridge, a gerontologist at the University of Washington, Seattle, recalls a story told by a colleague to a group of health-care and social-work students. Nature Outlook: Robotics and ...

Penn State researchers found many problems with the current generation of social robots. Foto Astrid Eckert/ Universidad Técnica de Munich (TUM) Editor’s note: The Focus on Research column highlights ...

Robots powered by popular artificial intelligence models are currently unsafe for general purpose real-world use, according to new research from King's College London and Carnegie Mellon University.

In recent years, social robots have moved from experimental visions to tangible implementations in education, healthcare, therapy, and everyday support.

While the rise of artificial intelligence is proving to be a contentious issue, new research from Edith Cowan University (ECU) has found that the use of social robots in a commercial setting would ...

In a quiet robotics lab in north-west London, three black mechanical hands stretch and curl with human-like precision. No claws or pincers. Just joints where they should be. "We're not building ...

Problems of racial and gender bias in artificial intelligence algorithms and the data used to train large language models like ChatGPT have drawn the attention of researchers and generated headlines.

Human beings are hardwired for social connection – so much so that we think of even the most basic objects as having feelings or experiences. (Yup, we're talking to you, Roomba owners!) Social robots ...

Robots have never felt as close to becoming a part of everyday life as they do today. Their widespread use now seems likely ...

Herold is currently Director of Policy Research and Education at the Healthspan Action Coalition and editor-in-chief of the Healthspan Compass newsletter. Her latest book is Robots and the People Who ...

This article was taken from the April 2013 issue of Wired magazine. Be the first to read Wired's articles in print before they're posted online, and get your hands on ...

Problems of racial and gender bias in artificial intelligence algorithms and the data used to train large language models like ChatGPT have drawn the attention of researchers and generated headlines.