A robot face developed by researchers can now lip sync speech and songs after training on YouTube videos, using machine learning to connect audio directly to realistic lip and facial movements.

NEW YORK -- As the new robot called Sprout walks around a Manhattan office, nodding its rectangular head, lifting its windshield wiper-like “eyebrows” and offering to shake your hand with its grippers ...

Scientists have created a robot that learns lip movements by watching humans rather than following preset rules. The ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Humanoid robots struggle with basic tasks like walking safely and lack the dexterity needed for complex human-like ...

When Elon Musk talks about robotics, he rarely hides the ambition behind the dream. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. Tesla's Optimus is pitched as an all-purpose ...

Imagine for a moment that you’re in an auto factory. A robot and a human are working next to each other on the production line. The robot is busy rapidly assembling car doors while the human runs ...

Courtney doesn’t have eyes, but it’s got sensors everywhere. There are two blinking lights on the front of its boxy body to approximate wide, moony pupils. It’s been described as a “large cooler on ...

Researchers at Princeton University have built a swarm of interconnected mini-robots that “bloom” like flowers in response to ...

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