Social Robots

Catalia Health uses social robots to improve health outcomes

Catalia Health is leading the surge in social robotics, with Mabu, their patient care management system. Catalia Health likes to be seen primarily as a health company that utilizes robots, rather th...

17 January 2017, by Andra Keay and Silicon Valley Robotics

Looking towards service robotics in 2017

Sophisticated household robots are only just starting to show up in our lives, but all the building blocks for a veritable “Cambrian explosion” of robotics are there, as Gill Pratt described it wh...

30 December 2016, by Silicon Valley Robotics

Why are some social robots selling well, whilst others are stalled or failing?

Amazon's Echo sales have exceeded 4 million and they are ramping up to sell 10 million in 2017; Google's Home has received positive reviews and have just begun selling in large numbers; but SoftBank's...

18 November 2016, by Frank Tobe

SOCIAL ROBOTICS JAPAN: Robot Town Sagami’s strange, yet surprisingly hopeful, anime promo

SOCIAL ROBOTICS JAPAN is adapted from a bimonthly column published in Japan’s Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun (日刊工業新聞/Business & Technology Daily Newspaper). The 101-year-old, nationally circul...

09 November 2016, by Reno Tibke

Robot companions are coming into our homes — how human should they be?

What would your ideal robot be like? One that can change nappies and tell bedtime stories to your child? Perhaps you’d prefer a butler that can polish silver and mix the perfect cocktail? Or maybe y...

10 August 2016, by Adeline Chanseau

ShanghAI Lectures: Nikolaos Mavridis “Robots, language, and social networks”

Guest talk in the ShanghAI Lectures, 2010-12-16 The lecture starts with a short introduction to the Interactive Robots and Media Lab and the United Arab Emirates. Then, it continues by exploring so...

27 March 2014, by Nathan Labhart