We first heard about the child-like iCub humanoid robot back in 2011, when it was nominated to take part in the Olympic Torch Relay. The latest and greatest version, the iCub 3, was the star of a ...

We're pretty familiar with iCub-- the humanoid robot modeled on a two year old -- around here. Just because we know him well, though, doesn't really change the fact that we get the slightest chill ...

(Nanowerk News) Feeling and moving in a place without being there, this is the main goal of the new iCub robot advanced telexistence system, also called iCub3 avatar system, developed by researchers ...

The new iCub robot advanced teleoperation system enables a human operator to visit remotely Venice staying 300 kilometers away. Researchers used a new version of the humanoid robot iCub, the iCub3 ...

The future of robots depends on their ability to learn from humans, acquiring skills in the way babies do: through observation, modeling behavior, trial and error, self-correction and experience, ...

We can now tell our iCub robot to stop bugging us and go outside to play. That’s because instead of needing a long extension cord for power, the iCub robot now has a battery backpack – tested and ...

A robot toddler is getting an extreme makeover to make it even more like a real child (see video above). Called iCub, it has been built to road-test theories about how flesh-and-blood children think, ...