In an era where technology and artificial intelligence (AI) are evolving at an unprecedented pace, it’s the small details that often captivate our imaginations and hint at a future where humans and ...

A robot called Emo that senses when a human is about to smile and simultaneously responds with one of its own could represent a big step towards developing robots with enhanced communication skills ...

Researchers have created a robot that can smile back – in a human way. Emo, the robot, has been designed to mimic facial expressions and can pick up subtle clues in human facial expressions – and it ...

EMO is a cute desktop toy robot pet equipped with artificial intelligence, ideas and plenty of personality thanks to a wealth of sensors and unique technologies. Equipped with a wide-angle camera, ...

During CES 2019 a new friendly companion was unveiled in the form of BOCCO emo, created by the Japanese company YUKAI. BOCCO emo has been designed to be a family communication device and the small ...

If you want your humanoid robot to realistically simulate facial expressions, it’s all about timing. And for the past five years, engineers at Columbia University’s Creative Machines Lab have been ...

Columbia engineers build Emo, a silicon-clad robotic face that makes eye contact and uses two AI models to anticipate and replicate a person's smile before the person actually smiles -- a major ...

Sometimes all you need is a little friend. That's where Yukai's Bocco Emo, an updated version of the original Bocco robot, comes in. Meant to offer companionship for children and senior citizens while ...

Ever feel like no one really understands you? Well “Pepper” could be about to change all that. That’s because Pepper is actually a robot and touted as the world’s first with the ability to read ...

The smartphone market, some argue, really took off after Apple introduced the first app store to make its iPhones more useful. Now a new startup hopes that the same might be the case for the fledgling ...