This is Jennie, a lifelike robotic puppy wowing crowds at CES 2025. The makers behind the robotic yellow Labrador puppy hope it will provide companionship and unconditional love for those who are ...

The key to making this work is to make robots that are recognizable as machines, yet intuitively accepted as being lifelike. It’s the buy-in that these robots are more than appliances ...

DAVOS, Switzerland — On display at a technology exposition just outside the gates of the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos was an alarmingly lifelike robot. Nicknamed "Sophia" by its ...

A photographer catches a glimpse of the future as he visits some of the world’s leading robot labs Photographs by Max Aguilera-Hellweg Those lifelike robots you see on TV? They might not be ...

Robots are also helping with health monitoring. Devices like robotic assistants can track vital signs, detect early warning signs of health problems, and alert caregivers or doctors if something is ...

Emotional support animals provide ... enhance its lifelike qualities. “It’s designed to emulate the behavior of a real puppy,” explained Tombot CEO Tom Stevens. The robot’s sounds are ...

Do you design a "cute" robot? Something that's strictly functional? Or do you aim for realism and risk some shoppers finding the design too lifelike or creepy? We looked through the robots shown ...

We're treated to the robots making odd, jerky gestures that are supposed to be lifelike but are mostly reminiscent of the unpleasant spasms of a Chuck E. Cheese animatronic character during the ...