Bionic hands are now teaching robots to feel

ABB Robotics and PSYONIC explore using real human prosthetic touch data to train industrial robots for delicate gripping ...
Los Angeles Times

Silicon Valley’s humanoid robots are learning how to do your job — in the kitchen

A growing workforce of robot controllers is teaching humanoids to move like people so they can work in factories and homes. The humanoid robots are being taught how to do basic tasks: pouring coffee, ...
New Hampshire Public Radio

'Self-aware' robots can learn complex tasks by watching humans. Is that a good thing?

Imagine a robot that could do your laundry, make your bed, cook your dinner, or stock the dairy section at your local grocery store. Humans have long been able to teach robots how to do individual ...
The Brown Daily Herald

How understanding human-dog interaction can help make better robots

Robots are increasingly present in homes and healthcare facilities to assist humans in daily tasks, but communication with them can be unreliable. Brown researchers have developed a new approach to ...
MIT Technology Review

How robots learn: A brief, contemporary history

The latest boom in robotics represents a revolution in the way machines have learned to interact with the world. Roboticists used to dream big but build small. They’d hope to match or exceed the ...
Purdue University

Improving robots’ social skills: Purdue professor programs robots for improved nonverbal communication to better support humans

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Friendly robots, the ones people love to love, are quirky: R2-D2, C-3PO, WALL-E, BB-8, Marvin, Roz and Baymax. They’re emotional, prone to panic or bossy, empathetic and able to ...
Northcountrypublicradio.org

'Self-aware' robots can learn complex tasks by watching humans. Is that a good thing?

Scientists say they've made a key breakthrough that would allow robots to figure out complex tasks on their own, but experts say it raises... 'Self-aware' robots can learn complex tasks by watching ...