At the heart of the study was self-disclosure, the act of sharing one’s thoughts and feelings. It’s a powerful tool for ...

Talking robots that interact with older people could be introduced into care homes to help fight loneliness and mental ill health. Pepper, a "culturally competent robot," was tested on care home ...

Johns Hopkins University researchers have created a system that could make social robots more effective at detecting and managing user interruptions in real time based on a human speaker's intent—a ...