A robot called Emo that senses when a human is about to smile and simultaneously responds with one of its own could represent a big step towards developing robots with enhanced communication ...

With its hairless silicone skin and blue complexion, Emo the robot looks more like a mechanical re-creation of the Blue Man Group than a regular human. Until it smiles. In a study published March ...

Emo can smile in 840 milliseconds (Picture: Yuhang Hu/Columbia Engineering) Researchers have created a robot that can smile back – in a human way.. Emo, the robot, has been designed to mimic ...

Technology This robot predicts when you're going to smile – and smiles back. An AI-powered robot named Emo watches people’s facial expressions and tries to match them, in an effort to make ...

Meet Emo, the robot head capable of anticipating and mirroring human facial expressions, including smiles, within 840 milliseconds. But whether or not you’ll be left smiling at the end of the ...

Meet Emo, the AI robot that can predict your smile. ... A silicon-skinned robot face developed at Columbia University combines AI, cameras for eyes and 26 actuators to mimic human facial expressions.

Japanese robotics company Yukai Engineering unveiled its Bocco Emo robot at CES this week. The little robot responds to the user’s presence and the emotional context of the texts it receives and ...

Sometimes all you need is a little friend. That's where Yukai's Bocco Emo, an updated version of the original Bocco robot, comes in. Meant to offer companionship for children and senior citizens ...

A feat of cosplay engineering results in a full-size walking TARS robot costume that uses aluminum and a pair of iPads to get the right look. Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and ...

Emo the robot can smile quicker than you. Columbia engineers build Emo, a silicon-clad robotic face that makes eye contact and uses two AI models to anticipate and replicate a person's smile ...

If you want your humanoid robot to realistically simulate facial expressions, it’s all about timing. And for the past five years, engineers at Columbia University’s Creative Machines Lab have ...