A recent paper sheds light on the psychological forces that motivate people to spend thousands of dollars on robotic companions customized with their own physical traits. A fragile identity and a need ...

When ancient humans interbred, new research shows that the pairings were predominantly male Neanderthals and female Homo ...

A hobbyist accidentally hacked 7,000 DJI robot vacuums using a PlayStation controller, revealing major flaws in smart home ...

Discover how AI robot monk "Buddharoid" offers 24/7 spiritual guidance at a Kyoto temple, blending Buddhist teachings with ...

The machine, named 'Buddharoid', has been developed to provide spiritual counsel in a manner comparable to a human monk. It operates using a system known as BuddhaBot-Plus, described by its creators ...

Japan unveils its first AI buddhist monk robot as Kyoto University researchers turn to technology to support temples facing ...

The robotics industry has a consensus problem. Nearly every startup and major research lab training robots to handle objects has converged on the same method: ...

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China’s birth rate has hit a historic low – deepening fears of a major economic shock in the decades to come as the country’s ...

This held true for all five substances, suggesting that LLMs are capable of mimicking the nuanced altered states of consciousness triggered by different psychedelics. However, while Ben-Zion says that ...

In a study published in Robot Learning journal, researchers propose a new learning-based path planning framework that allows mobile robots to navigate ...

Shanghai-based DroidUp unveils a fully biomimetic humanoid designed for emotional connection, marking a major leap in lifelike robotics.