Whether they’re delivering food or folding your laundry, consumer-facing robots are increasingly being designed to be more ...

For the Human-Robot Interaction research community, the authors call for deeper engagement with labor sociology, urban studies, and policy analysis . Evaluating robots solely through metrics of task ...

Omni Enables 360-Degree Walking to Guide Robot Movement in Real TimeVirtuix Also Partnered with 1HMX on NX1, a Full-Body ...

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 ...

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 ...

Robot designers are increasingly making bots cuter so that they are more attractive for humans to interact with.

When interacting with highly realistic humanoid robots, the simple presence of eyes strongly shapes how humans perceive the machine’s mental abilities. A recent study published in Consciousness and ...

Robots, often showcased as paragons of precision and seamless collaboration with humans, present an idealized portrayal of human-robot interactions. However, the reality diverges significantly, as ...

Shared autonomy in human–robot interaction represents a paradigm in which human operators and autonomous robotic systems work collaboratively to achieve a common goal. This integrated approach merges ...

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 ...

What makes this humanoid robot so special? So, what makes Reachy 2 stand out? Well, first off, it's a state-of-the-art humanoid robot already making waves in labs like Cornell and Carnegie Mellon.