Most robots that have human faces still have the appeal of a dead-eyed zombie or doll creepily brought to life with twitching facial features and jerky mouth movements. A new robot may prove more ...

While Pepper’s previous tasks have been somewhat cutesy, helping businesses enforce face mask rules could give the robot a new level of responsibility. It’s also good to see that the now five ...

Engineers have developed a robot that can detect whether people are wearing a mask to guard against Covid-19 and, if not, politely remind them to put one on. The feature is an upgrade of Pepper, a ...

Home Tech Features Mask-Bot: The 'creepy' robot with a human face A new machine uses 'facial emotion data' and 3-D images of people to express itself through blinks, smirks, and raised eyebrows ...

Nova can currently be pre-ordered on Kickstarter. An early bird version of the kit — consisting of board, servo motors, servo shield, joystick, acrylic body parts, mask, HD camera, ultrasonic ...

Passersby wearing protective face masks walk under autumn coloured leaves, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Tokyo, Japan November 19, 2020. Image Credit: Reuters ...