By incorporating insights from canine companions, researchers enable robots to use both language and gesture as inputs to ...

Humanoid robots are beginning to take on household tasks, showing how AI-powered machines could soon assist with chores in ...

New research helps robots combine language and gestures to find objects in cluttered spaces, improving how they understand ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, IN — Purdue University researcher Sooyeon Jeong is working to make robots more helpful and personable. Jeong, an assistant professor of computer science, leads a lab that focuses on ...

POMDP, an AI framework inspired by dogs that allows robots to use human gestures and language to find objects with 89% accuracy.

Humanoid robots are rapidly improving in motion fluidity, making them more human-like and suitable for complex tasks.

Machines are all around us -- driving, conversing, making decisions. With 55 percent of mature organizations planning to invest in artificial intelligence by 2020, it's only a matter of time before ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Jonathan Reichental covers technology in business and society. Toy versions of the popular droids R2-D2 and BB-8, part of the ...