Many decades ago, IBM engineers developed the typeball. This semi-spherical hunk of metal would become the heart of the Selectric typewriter line. [James Brown] has now leveraged that very concept to ...

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Experts tell us that how robots communicate with humans has a significant impact on our comfort and trust. A recent study conducted by researchers at the University of Potsdam looks into social robots ...

[Ancient] has a video showing off a fascinating piece of work: a lip-syncing robot whose animated electro-mechanical mouth works like an IBM Selectric typewriter. The mouth rapidly flips between ...