People who care informally for sick or disabled friends and relatives often become invisible in their own lives. Focusing on ...

A University of Chicago study suggests robots could offer a new kind of support to help kids eliminate anxiety about reading ...

Social companion robots are no longer just science fiction. In classrooms, libraries and homes, these small machines are ...

The study's findings hint at a future where robots aren't just teaching tools but could act as emotional buffers for children ...

UChicago study finds social robots could help students feel less stress when reading aloud, pointing to new uses for ...

Clara Berridge, a gerontologist at the University of Washington, Seattle, recalls a story told by a colleague to a group of health-care and social-work students. Nature Outlook: Robotics and ...

While the rise of artificial intelligence is proving to be a contentious issue, new research from Edith Cowan University (ECU) has found that the use of social robots in a commercial setting would ...

This article was taken from the April 2013 issue of Wired magazine. Be the first to read Wired's articles in print before they're posted online, and get your hands on ...

Herold is currently Director of Policy Research and Education at the Healthspan Action Coalition and editor-in-chief of the Healthspan Compass newsletter. Her latest book is Robots and the People Who ...

Problems of racial and gender bias in artificial intelligence algorithms and the data used to train large language models like ChatGPT have drawn the attention of researchers and generated headlines.