Robotics researcher Chinmaya Mishra looked at the importance of gaze direction and human emotions in our communication with robots and developed two systems to make robots' faces work in our favor.

Their findings, available on the preprint SSRN server, suggest that humans are more likely to believe that a robot has a ...

Robot psychology is a growing field reflecting the psychological significance of person-robotic creature communication (Libin & Libin, 2004, p. 1792). From ...

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In her PhD research, Anouk Neerincx investigated how robots can help reduce stress, how they can get children to talk about their health and how they can teach children emotional skills.

Apple's research team unveiled a prototype robotic lamp, ELEGNT, showcasing how expressive movements can improve human engagement in home robotics. The project hints at Apple's rumored advanced ...