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·October 23, 2022·4 min read

Social Robots Have Potential to Supplement Stuttering Treatment

Social interaction robots show promise in helping those who stutter to improve their speech fluency and communication confidence.

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·September 24, 2022·3 min read

Meet Orbit, the Interactive Robot That Looks to Help Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders Develop Social Skills

Orbit, an interactive robot, helps teach children on the autism spectrum to develop social appropriateness and emotion via storytelling, physical interaction, and visual communication.

This is a drawing of a child wearing the robotic sleeve

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·September 23, 2022·3 min read

Robot Sleeves for Kids With Cerebral Palsy

Researchers develop a low-cost "soft machine" robotic sleeve to assist children with cerebral palsy to control their arm movements.

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·September 17, 2022·5 min read

Sharing a Laugh: Scientists Teach a Robot When to Have a Sense of Humor

Researchers have designed a shared-laughter AI system that responds to human laughter in order to build a sense of empathy into dialogue.

This shows the robot doing different chores

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·July 21, 2022·4 min read

Robots Learn Household Tasks by Watching Humans

A new robotic system can learn directly from human interaction videos and generalize the information at the task being completed. This makes the robot well suited to learn household chores effectively and efficiently.

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·July 21, 2022·7 min read

Introducing a Protocol for Using Robotic Pets in Memory Care

The benefits of animal therapy for memory and mental health are well documented. Some agencies are using realistic robotic pets as a therapeutic tool for memory care in older adults. Now, researchers have developed a new protocol for the use of robotic animals to aid in memory care.

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·July 18, 2022·6 min read

Robot Dog Learns to Walk in One Hour

A new learning algorithm trains a robotic dog to walk within one hour, researchers report.

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·July 16, 2022·5 min read

A Robot Learns to Imagine Itself

A new robotics system can create a kinematic model of itself and use the model to plan motion, reach goals, and avoid obstacles in a variety of situations.

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·June 30, 2022·6 min read

Robot Nose That Can “Smell” Disease on Your Breath

A new robotic system can identify volatile organic compounds associated with diseases by analyzing bodily emissions.

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·June 28, 2022·5 min read

Robotic Arms Connected Directly to Brain of Partially Paralyzed Man Allows Him to Feed Himself

With the help of brain-machine interface technology and robotic arms, a paralyzed man was able to feed himself for the first time in thirty years.

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·June 27, 2022·4 min read

Supernumerary Virtual Robotic Arms Can Feel Like Part of Our Body

Researchers have developed a virtual robotic arm that can be controlled by a person's feet in a virtual environment to provide an "extra" limb. After training, users reported feeling the virtual limb felt as though it was part of their physical body.