Tag: NAO
Vulnerable people easily manipulated by humanoid robots, find new studies
Malek Murison and Chris Middleton report on a brace of new humanoid robotics studies that reveal just how easily human beings can be influenced...
Robotics roundtable: Should robots look like humans, or like machines?
Science fiction traditionally depicts robots that reflect or caricature humans, replicating our best or worst traits. As robots are becoming increasingly commonplace and lifelike,...
SoftBank Pepper robot “astonishingly insecure”, potential “cyber weapon”
One of the world’s most popular humanoid robots, Pepper, from Japanese tech conglomerate SoftBank, can easily be hacked and turned into a “cyber and...
Amazon launching new ‘Vesta’ domestic robots in 2019: report
Retail and Web services giant Amazon is said to be working on a new breed of domestic robots, in a project codenamed ‘Vesta’ –...
Robot teachers take classes at Finland primary school
A primary school in Tampere, Finland has had an altogether different supply teacher experience this week. The school has been the venue for a robot...
IBM launches new Watson Assistant AI for connected enterprises
IBM has announced the launch of Watson Assistant, a digital assistant version of its Watson artificial intelligence (AI) and natural language conversation system.
IBM said, "Watson...