“With a robot with a high level of anthropomorphism, consumer empathy generates more negative responses and a lower level of satisfaction,” the report found. Instead, the researchers proposed designs ...

When fully developed, R1, which for now uses wheels instead of legs to get around, will be deployed as a "smart companion for ...

The expert said he believes that humanoid robots will end up switching to wheels for feet, “at first two, and later maybe more, with nothing that any longer really resembles human legs in gross form,” ...