HITL also provides a framework for integrating collaborative robot (cobot), robot, and human labor in a way that preserves human enjoyment of work. The “automate everything” mindset brings a risk of ...

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Johns Hopkins University researchers have created a system that could make social robots more effective at detecting and managing user interruptions in real time based on a human speaker's intent—a ...

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Picture this: It’s 2030, and you wake up to a gentle nudge from your humanoid robot companion. After analyzing your sleep data to optimize your morning energy, your robot has made your coffee and ...

A well-known military adage states, “A commander who fails in an operation can be forgiven, but a commander who fails in meal ...

Editor’s Note: This is part of a series called Inside the Lab, which gives audiences a first-hand look at the research laboratories at the University of Chicago and the scholars who are tackling some ...

In 2015, a jovial three-foot-tall robot with pool noodles for arms set out on what seemed like a simple mission. Using the kindness of strangers, this machine, called “hitchBOT” would spend months ...

A robot trained on videos of surgeries performed a lengthy phase of a gallbladder removal without human help. The robot operated for the first time on a lifelike patient, and during the operation, ...