Social by nature, humans interact in multiple ways—through voice, vision and touch. Reflecting these humanistic qualities, robotic capabilities are improving, and as such, human-robot interaction will feature more complex multimodal functions. However ...

Editor’s note: Jasmine Vo, the author of this story, is a student employee in the University Marketing and Communications department. She is a fourth-year student majoring in communication sciences. As she coped with the grief of suddenly losing her dad ...

Developed by the Chinese robotics company DroidUp, Moya is designed to replicate human behaviors and physical traits, marking a significant leap in humanoid robotics. Standing at 1.65 meters tall and weighing 32 kilograms, Moya has the proportions of an ...

Until machines understand social context, they will struggle to operate naturally in the spaces humans actually live.​