A humanoid robot can relay video and touch sensations to a person wearing haptic feedback gloves and a virtual reality (VR) headset hundreds of kilometres away, offering a way for people to attend ...

A robot avatar for physicians that can navigate hospital corridors on its own has received the green light from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The RP-VITA robot represents the "smartest" ...

Because the slightest cold virus could kill him, Lyndon Baty almost never leaves the house, but science has found a way to let the 15-year-old Texas boy go to school — at least virtually. A robot ...

Using a robotic avatar to go places a human body can't is the stuff of sci-fi dreams. That's why Japanese airline ANA is sponsoring the Avatar XPrize. "So the goal of the Avatar Xprize is a contest ...

The world of tomorrow ... today? Robot avatars will provide a new level of freedom and interaction for the disabled, elderly, or bed-ridden that they do not currently enjoy -- some even controlled by ...

Developing true robot surrogates that allow you to be in two places at once means duplicating all of our movements and senses in machine form. Given you can now make a video call on your phone, it's ...

BERLIN : Joshua Martinangeli, 7, is too ill to go to school. But the German student can still interact with his teacher and classmates through an avatar robot that sits in class in his place and sends ...

It’s an ambitious challenge that will likely fall short of our expectations It’s an ambitious challenge that will likely fall short of our expectations is a senior reporter who has covered AI, ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Tech expert Greg Nibler breaks down the latest tech headlines from a personal robot avatar to drones. We have all heard of digital avatars, but imagine having your own robot ...

Commercial air travel is something of a necessary evil. Want to spend Christmas with your parents on the opposite coast? You’ll need to spend hours in line at the airport first. Or maybe visiting the ...

A $10 million award is up for grabs from XPRIZE, at the end of a four-year global competition that aims to see the creation of the world’s first real-life, robotic avatars. The announcement, made by ...