Honda, the Japanese auto giant, launched a new robotics program called Empower, Experience, Empathy including its new 3E-A18 robot which "shows compassion to humans with a variety of facial ...

he met "Pepper": a so-called "companion robot" that can read human emotions. Yusuke Abe, a developer at SoftBank robotics, explained what Pepper could do, and why it was proving popular in Japan.

Previously, Japanese scientists at Osaka University ... has the potential to significantly enhance emotional communication between humans and robots.

Robots, on the other hand, while safe and controlled, are lifeless, cold, and difficult if not impossible to form an ...

This blond, "female" robot named Aria is powered by AI for her conversation skills, with 17 motors driving her facial ...

In the academic year through March 2023, a record 299,048 elementary and junior high school students in Japan ... emotional issues. Chronically ill students were not included. Although robots ...