In some situations, humanoid robots can quickly lose their footing and fall. A new framework is designed to help them get up ...

Sony is celebrating 25 years of Aibo by releasing a soulbound NFT collection on the Soneium blockchain, an Ethereum layer-2 ...

Nearly 10 million free Aibo NFTs have been minted on Soneium, Sony's Ethereum layer-2 network, granting them tokens that ...

Covered in fake fur, the cat purrs and meows when it sits in the residents’ laps, while the dogs bark, pant and wag their ...

With China's population of seniors over 60 surpassing 300 million, ensuring a happy and fulfilling life for all elderly ...

The world of robot vacuums has seen rapid improvement over the past few years, with many of the best models now serving as both vacuums and mops — allowing them to clean up your home in a single ...

Researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH Zurich) and Sony have used reinforcement learning (RL) to teach Sony's robot dog Aibo to walk more quietly. Many users of ...

Aibo, the cute-looking robot puppy developed by Sony, was designed to be a household companion. The robot can already emulate many of the movements and behaviors of real dogs, such as walking on four ...

In the throes of the Covid-19 pandemic, flush with federal relief money, the Honolulu Police Department made national headlines for spending $150,000 on a robot dog. A four-legged machine that can ...

We previously reported that touching a social robot can also induce a reduction in pain ratings. However, it is unclear if the effect that touching a robot has on pain perception is due to its ...

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