Robots are starting to gain something that looks a lot like a sense of touch, and in some cases even a crude version of pain.

China has developed a neuromorphic electronic skin that lets robots feel touch, detect injury, and react to pain with ...

Humanoid robots are starting to gain something that once belonged firmly in the realm of science fiction: a sense of pain.

If you accidentally put your hand on a hot object, you'll naturally pull it away fast, before you have to think about it.

In a groundbreaking development, scientists have found a way to give robots a sense of touch without relying on expensive artificial skin. This innovation, spearheaded by a team from the German ...

Scientists have discovered a way to give robots a sense of touch without the need for expensive artificial skin. A team from the German Aerospace Centre instead used artificial intelligence to ...

As intelligence moves off screens and into the physical world, we have a rare opportunity to shape how people and machines ...

TL;DR: Chinese EV maker Xpeng unveiled its eighth-generation IRON humanoid robots featuring synthetic skin for a warmer, more intimate feel. Designed as receptionists, tour guides, and personal ...

There's a new warehouse robot at Amazon that has a sense of touch, allowing it to handle a job previously only done by humans. Amazon unveiled the robot, called Vulcan, Wednesday at an event in ...

A pitiful sound from tinny speakers, sad virtual eyes, trembling robot arms: it doesn’t take much to feel sorry for a robot. This is the conclusion of a study by Marieke Wieringa, who will be ...