I’d say he seems happy, but he doesn’t say much or tip us off with a facial expression ... an Odd Couple vibe pockmarked with extreme cartoon violence, which leaves me indifferent.

Aria, the AI robot companion with uncanny human-like expressions. In a scene straight out of sci-fi movie, Her, a US-based tech company has launched an AI robot that can act as a companion while ...

Kiguel said that the company is doubling down on facial expressions instead so that its robots "can create emotion, show what they're feeling." While Kiguel went as far as to claim that the ...

But we can't shake the feeling that the true pitch is more lurid. The life-sized robot, dubbed Aria, made the rounds at this year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, catching the eyes of ...

It was an interesting year for robots at CES 2025. While we had hoped the AI boom would bring a new wave of useful robots to ...

Photos of real expressions made in the robots used in the study. Credit: Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, Osaka University; Department of Smart Design, Faculty of ...

As 2024 fades into the distance, we can safely say that animated features have proven to be one of the strongest motivators in getting audiences back into theaters. In fact, three of the top five ...

Despite this, one physical aspect remains stuck in the uncanny valley—realistic facial expressions. Robots still aren’t great at replicating complex and fluid face muscle interactions at ...

Hilarious scenes from Shanghai, China, in early December after university students created a robot head capable of replicating human facial expressions. Testing the robot had amusing results.