A table tennis robot has outperformed elite players in recent evaluations. The robot, called Ace, marks a significant step ...

But while it is tempting to frame this as robots versus humans, sport robotics isn’t really about competition. It’s about how ...

To reliably complete various manual tasks, robots should be able to handle a variety of objects, ranging from items found in ...

The conversation around embodied AI (Robot as a physical interface for Artificial Intelligence) is evolving. While previous ...

The Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST, President Oh Sang-rok) announced that Senior Researcher Sonya S. Kwak of ...

Social by nature, humans interact in multiple ways—through voice, vision and touch. Reflecting these humanistic qualities, robotic capabilities are improving, and as such, human-robot interaction will ...

A summer 2025 pop-up by the RAI Institute let thousands of visitors see and control advanced robots, revealing that direct interaction measurably increased comfort and perceived suitability across ...

A female student was unexpectedly embraced by a humanoid robot during a dance performance at a university sports event in Northwest China’s Shaanxi Province, sparking discussion among Chinese netizens ...

Editor’s note: Jasmine Vo, the author of this story, is a student employee in the University Marketing and Communications department. She is a fourth-year student majoring in communication sciences.

Until machines understand social context, they will struggle to operate naturally in the spaces humans actually live.​ ...