We befriend, hire and fall in love with people who remind us of ourselves. And apparently we decide whether or not to remain on hold with the automated bank teller for the same reason. New research ...

Tech companies have been trying to make robots part of a smart home setup for years. Asus introduced Zenbo in 2016, but it never really took off. Amazon’s Astro has been around since 2021, but it’s ...

Figure founder and CEO Brett Adcock Thursday revealed a new machine learning model for humanoid robots. The news, which arrives two weeks after Adcock announced the Bay Area robotics firm’s decision ...

To study how auditory and verbal hallucinations work, Swiss scientists developed a robotically-assisted technique to make people who have no history of mental illness hallucinate voices that are not ...

A Paris-based firm that develops exoskeleton products has unveiled a humanoid robot for the first time. Called Calvin, the robot is claimed to have been developed in 40 days. Wandercraft’s latest ...

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When Ellie, a British-Iranian living in the United Kingdom, tried to call her mother in Tehran, a robotic female voice answered instead. "Alo? Alo?" the voice said, then asked in English: "Who is ...

Text-to-speech technology began as a tool designed to help visually impaired people, but has since far exceeded its initial scope. Modern innovations like the use of AI transformed once robotic, ...

Sigourney Weaver has revealed that she cannot stand robot voices. The actress, who plays the Ship's Computer in new Pixar animation WALL-E, said machine-style speech drives her mad. What to Read Next ...