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Gender characteristics of service robots can influence customer decisions

While service robots with male characteristics can be more persuasive when interacting with some women who have a low sense of decision-making power, ‘cute’ design features — such as big eyes and raised cheeks — affect both men and women similarly, according to new research.

An evolving robotics encyclopedia characterizes robots based on their performance

Over the past decades, roboticists have introduced a wide range of systems with distinct body structures and varying capabilities. As the number of developed robots continuously grows, being able to easily learn about these many systems, their unique characteristics, differences and performance on specific tasks could prove highly valuable.

March 17, 2025

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Automating penmanship: Researchers develop cost-effective, AI-enhanced robotic handwriting system

Recent advances in robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) are enabling the development of a wide range of systems with unique characteristics designed for varying real-world applications. These include robots that can engage in activities traditionally only completed by humans, such as sketching, painting and even hand-writing documents.

January 23, 2025

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Robots with different bodies can now share skills: What intention-based learning changes

Robots are increasingly being used in manufacturing, agriculture and health care. But programming a team of robots to carry out individual tasks raises a question: How can robots learn from other robots if they are built differently? A multi-institutional team including Chongjie Zhang, an associate professor of computer science and…

March 31, 2026

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