Researchers have found that the physical texture of robots influenced perceptions of robot personality. Furthermore, first impressions of robots, based on physical appearance alone, could ...

Nature, particularly humans and other animals, has always been among the primary sources of inspiration for roboticists. In ...

In a flash, an octopus can make like ragged-edged seaweed or coral by changing the color and texture of its skin, thus becoming nearly invisible in its environment. This technology could one day be ...

Researchers have developed a robot finger that is more sensitive to touch than the human hand. The BioTac sensor was able to identify a randomly selected material 95 per cent of the time, which is ...

The Cognitive Patterns system is being developed to help robots understand what they perceive through their cameras and other sensors.

Impressions of a robot's personality can be influenced by the way it looks, sounds, and feels. But now, researchers have found specific causal relationships between impressions of robot personality ...