YOUNGSTOWN – The Paula and Anthony Rich Center for Autism has acquired another tool to enhance its social skills and emotional development curriculum: a 2-foot figure with spiked hair and a few dance ...

In the future, socially interactive robots could help seniors age in place or assist residents of long-term care facilities with their activities of daily living. But will people actually accept ...

In this study, we evaluate the uncanny valley theory through live human interactions with four human-like entities: 1. Maya: simple voice assistant (only a human voice). 2. : child-sized programmable ...

While robots are becoming increasingly sophisticated to perform more and more tasks typically reserved for humans, one thing they haven’t quite mastered is social skills. That could change in the ...

An interactive robotic dog named is bringing joy to people across Central California while also helping them build social and ...