This robot eye can move five times faster than the human eye. It’s capable of being used to follow a human gaze and, as you can see by that coin, it’s small enough to be used in pairs.

Two decades after he lost his sight as the result of disease, some of his vision has been restored thanks to a remarkable light cell device implanted in his right eye. His twin brother ...

R esearchers recently published a study in the journal Biological Psychology investigating how infants respond to eye contact ...

Robots, as we currently understand them, tend to run on electricity. Only in the fantastical world of Futurama do robots seek out alcohol as both a source of fuel and recreation. That is, until ...

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Microbot states that its surgical robot is designed to remove the need for large and expensive capital equipment. Microbot CEO Harel Gadot said: “The conclusion of the trial and physician ...

It's never good when a giant of the technology business describes your product as "a fool's errand". But that's how Tesla's chief executive Elon Musk branded the laser scanning system Lidar, which ...

Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have developed a robot that looks like a Star Wars Imperial Walker and can be used for scouting and search-and-rescue ops, according to a ...

Amazon's home robot is here. Named Astro, the robot is designed to keep a watchful eye on your home - and on you. The robot comes equipped with a periscope camera and microphone, as well as a ...

"I think [Softbank's] Pepper robot is very ugly. It's sort of like a rolling kiosk. Sophia will look you in the eye, it will mirror your facial movements. It's a different experience than looking ...

Atop a pile of enormous boulders is a tiny but unmistakable image of a robot: Roz, the book’s protagonist, with her bucket-shaped head, squared-off shoulders and two headlights for eyes.