Real guppies respond to Robofish—a 3D-printed plastic model with a vaguely realistic paint job—as if it were a real schoolmate. Researchers used different-sized Robofish to show that guppy schools ...

Giving robot companions animal-like or anime-style faces and voices could maximise their emotional appeal to users, according to new research which could help guide the growing field of social ...

Researchers have shown how animals like bees and fish make collective decisions - and how those same biological rules can help robots think and move together. Study: Collective intelligence in animals ...

MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) -He walks, he talks, he runs and he plays. He's "Waldog," an AI-powered robot that is making the rounds in the northern city of Monterrey, Mexico to raise awareness about ...

A robot that follows you around the house may sound a little strange at first. Yet Colin Angle, the cofounder of iRobot and one of the people behind Roomba, is betting that the next big home robot may ...

A robotic rat learned how to befriend real rats using AI. The wheeled rat was designed to provide companionship for lab rats, which can live pretty secluded and lonely lives. The robots have movements ...

Three major U.S. airlines have quietly changed their policies to ban humanoid and animal-like robots from their flights.

Major airlines are banning human and pet-like robots from flying in the cabin or with checked luggage. Here's why ...

Dallas-Fort Worth's two major hometown airlines are drawing a hard line between human and humanoid: American Airlines and ...

The latest TED talk feels a few years ahead of its time. Featuring Markus Fischer, the head of corporate design for German tech company Festo, the video shows what appears to be a sort of stiff ...