"Hello. I am Pepper," the robot introduces itself, spreading its arms out wide. "I'm your robot. I like humans. Humans are so cute. Encountering a human is always a special moment." Needless to say, ...

We just trust human-shaped robots much more than weird, mechanical, engineering-centric ones. Think fussy but person-shaped protocol droid C-3PO from Star Wars rather than the loveable ...

Robots were around every corner during CES 2025 this week, but there was one that got very close to sounding and looking like an actual human. CNET's Jesse Orrall interviewed Realbotix's Aria ...

In two studies involving more than 400 participants, we explored how people evaluate comfort distance when presented with realistic digital images of humans and comparable humanoid robots. Each figure ...

“We are also releasing the PARTNR dataset consisting of human demonstrations of ... and advancements in AI, one can image a world in which humanoid robots address general purpose tasks in ...

But it's also an important moment in the much-hyped world of human-like robot development. Image: Mercedes-Benz is testing the use of Apollo, a humanoid robot from Apptronik. Pic: Mercedes Benz ...