Researchers at the University of New Hampshire will receive a five-year grant totaling $2.8 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop and test social assistive robots to aid in ...

People who care informally for sick or disabled friends and relatives often become invisible in their own lives. Focusing on ...

A team of researchers from Ohio State University’s College of Nursing and Vanderbilt University recently received a $3.13 million grant to develop and deploy socially-assistive robots in long-term ...

Researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute working to develop personal assistant robots for the elderly have received a five-year federal funding award. According to WPI, the collaboration between ...

French hospital trials 'socially assistive' robots to support the elderly. The Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris in France recently welcomed a group of "socially assistive" robots to alleviate the ...

DURHAM —Researchers at the University of New Hampshire will receive a five-year grant totaling $2.8 million from the National Institutes of Health to develop and test social assistive robots to aid in ...

We visited the United Arab Emirates to attend the Joint Social Robotics Symposium at the University of the United Arab Emirates and New York University Abu Dhabi. We also visited several research ...

At the Duck’s Nest preschool in Oakland, Calif., a fluffy blue robot asks a group of toddlers, “I want to be your friend. Will you please be my friend?” Robotics experts are testing this low-cost and ...

With Covid-19 infection rates continuing to climb throughout the U.S., it's safe to say that maintaining social distance -- whether to return to work or to throwback cold ones with friends -- has been ...

DUBLIN, Oct. 12, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The "Automation and Robotics Market in Industrial, Enterprise, Military, and Consumer Segments by Type, Components, Hardware, Software, and Services 2020 - 2025" ...

Scientists who designed an artificially intelligent robot that helped children with autism boost their learning and social skills hope such technology could one day aid others with the developmental ...

About 1 in every 160 children globally has autism spectrum disorder. In the US, the rate is nearly triple, likely due to diagnostic and reporting differences. The developmental disability is often ...