Empathic robots on future health care teams: Researchers review Pepper and NAO robot effectiveness

A child with a new cochlear implant works on auditory rehabilitation exercises at home in Toulouse, France, aided by Pepper, ...
Nature

Flexible joints: robot morphs into a range of cyborg species

For a low-cost solution, Karthik Urs, then at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, and his colleagues 3D printed a robot with legs that can be adapted to match those of various species — complete ...
IEEE

MindfulBuddy: Extracting Comprehensive Breathing Biomarkers for Breathing Exercise Biofeedback Using Earbud Motion Sensors

Abstract: Slow-paced deep breathing exercises have many health benefits, including stress management, lowering blood pressure, pain management, and controlling pulmonary conditions. While biofeedback ...

Uncanny ‘warm-skinned’ robot built to feel as human as possible could show up in service worker roles

Techsperts are sounding alarm bells following the release of an eerily realistic humanoid service bot named Moya with camera ...
IEEE

A Precise Autonomous Parking System Using Ultrasonic Sensors

Abstract: In this paper, we propose the use of ultrasonic sensors for autonomous parking systems. In general, LiDAR sensors are evaluated to be advantageous in autonomous parking systems, but this ...