New research helps robots combine language and gestures to find objects in cluttered spaces, improving how they understand human intent.

Whether in the kitchen or on a workshop floor, robot assistants that can fetch items for people could be extremely useful.

A new study suggests young children are more vocal when interacting with toys and household items, highlighting their importance for developing language skills. Researchers have found infants are ...

Prologue: My nightmare -- Part I: Four futures. Terminal world : the domination of glass slabs ; Prosthetics : the new bionic you ; Animism : living with social robots ; Enchanting everyday objects -- ...

When you think fast, you typically think of sports cars or the speed of a bullet, but do you ever think about satellites, or more specifically, space probes? The question as to what is the fastest ...

Why do we yell at our computer when it struggles to work? Why do some cars look like they're smiling? Why does your guitar seem free-spirited? This is because of our innate human tendency for ...