Study provides a new framework for investigating and formalizing the cognitive processes behind how humans use tools.
Perceived animacy decreases significantly as a function of exposure time for android faces.
Spinal cord stimulation restores the sense of feeling of limbs lost to amputation.
One hour long session with a cuddly seal-like social robot increased happiness, boosted oxytocin levels, and reduced pain in adults.
A new soft robotics exosuit brings immediate improvements in walking speed and endurance for those recovering from stroke.
A prosthetic arm that is attached to the bone and controlled by electrodes implanted in nerves and muscles can operate more precisely than conventional prosthetic limbs. Researchers improved the neuroprosthetic hand by integrating tactile sensory feedback, so the patient can "feel" items.
Using robotics, researchers uncover mechanisms in the cerebellum and spinal cord that determine how the nervous system responds to induced changes in step length. The findings could have implications for physical rehabilitation programs for people with movement disorders.
Robots could help perform the "dull, dirty, and dangerous" pandemic response jobs, limiting human exposure to COVID-19.
Robots that express vulnerability influences conversational dynamics between humans.
When standard algorithms for self-balancing robots are replaced by algorithms based on perceptual control theory, the robots are better able to balance.
Doctors have successfully used robotic technology to treat brain aneurysms. The robotic system could eventually allow remote surgery, enabling surgeons to treat brain disorders that require surgery from afar.
Human-robot interaction and monitoring motor movement may provide clues to developmental disorders such as ADHD and autism in children.
