Melania Trump brings humanoid robots to White House
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First lady Melania Trump shares the spotlight with a Figure 03 robot to promote the use of artificial intelligence in education.
Fauna's first product, called Sprout, is a $50,000 bipedal robot that's 3 feet, 6 inches tall and designed to be "approachable and human-friendly."
Amazon has acquired Fauna Robotics, just under two months after the startup introduced a humanoid robot called Sprout designed for social spaces like homes and schools.
The acquisition of Fauna Robotics is the second robotics startup Amazon has purchased this month.
New research from the University of Chicago suggests that computers make better tutors when they don’t pretend to be human.
A new video (above) out of South Korea features the field tests and interaction capabilities of KAIST Humanoid v0.7, developed at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST). The impressive humanoid robot was developed at KAIST’s Dynamic Robot Control & Design Laboratory (DRCD) and deploys actuators and other technology that was developed in-house.
There are a handful of companies out there building their own humanoid robots, but the face is such a tricky feature, that many ignore it altogether.
A dancing humanoid robot has gone viral after accidentally slapping a child in the face during a chaotic public demonstration.