Social Robots

Catalia Health uses social robots to improve health outcomes

Andra Keay and Silicon Valley Robotics 17 Jan 2017

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...

Looking towards service robotics in 2017

Silicon Valley Robotics 30 Dec 2016

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...

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

Frank Tobe 18 Nov 2016

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...

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

Reno Tibke 09 Nov 2016

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...

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

Adeline Chanseau 10 Aug 2016

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...

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

Nathan Labhart 27 Mar 2014

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...