Al is a long time tech writer with a penchant for all things nerdy. While he writes for Gadget Review, he manages a team of review writers, ensuring their content is nothing short of perfect. Al is a ...

A robot dog that talks back may sound like a novelty. In this case, it is meant to solve a practical problem: guide dogs can lead, but they cannot explain. That gap is what researchers at Binghamton ...

Johns Hopkins University researchers have created a system that could make social robots more effective at detecting and managing user interruptions in real time based on a human speaker's intent—a ...

The unease that creeps up your spine when you see something that acts human but isn’t remains a big issue in robotics — especially for robots that are built to look and speak like us. That peculiar ...

A robot does not need to feel emotions for a person to become emotionally attached to it. That is one of the clearest lessons emerging from research on social robots. People can name them, talk to ...