Researchers have found that the physical texture of robots influenced perceptions of robot personality. Furthermore, first impressions of robots, based on physical appearance alone, could ...

Researchers from Osaka University and Kanazawa University have found that the physical texture of robots influenced perceptions of robot personality. Furthermore, first impressions of robots ...

Cornell University engineers have made a robot that gets goosebumps or becomes spiky to communicate its internal state. A product of the university's Human-Robot Collaboration and Companionship ...

Researchers have created a synthetic form of cephalopod skin that can transform from a flat, 2D surface to a three-dimensional one with bumps and pits, they report today (Oct. 12) in the journal ...

New AI Can Create a 3D Model of an Object From a Single 2D Image. by Kristin Houser. 12.10.19, 2:48 PM EST. NVIDIA. And it does so in less than 100 milliseconds. ... and texture. Robot Vision ...

Researchers have created a synthetic form of octopus skin that can transform from a flat, 2D surface to a 3D one with bumps and pits, a technology that could be used in soft robots.

Artificial whiskers that mimic the way rats and seals sense their prey might one day let planetary rovers or uncrewed submarines explore the shape and texture of strange objects they encounter on ...

A robot hand equipped with SynTouch’s BioTac sensors. [Credit: USC Viterbi School of Engineering] We’ve seen more than a handful of research projects with the goal to make robots look and feel ...

Dec 06, 2021 'My robot is a softie': Physical texture influences judgments of robot personality (Nanowerk News) Impressions of a robot’s personality can be influenced by the way it looks, sounds, and ...