LYON, France (Reuters) - Robots that can make their own decisions have so far been confined to science fiction movies, but a child-sized figure with big eyes and a white face is trying hard to turn ...

Sheffield Robotics is home to an upper-body iCub 2.0 robot (with head, arms, hands, and torso). The robot is particularly suited to research into human cognition and development, and robot learning.

EUROPE'S most advanced robot is heading to Manchester. The walking, crawling iCub will make its first British appearance at Manchester University on Thursday. Described as `incredibly reminiscent of a ...

WHAT is the self? Rene Descartes encapsulated one idea of it in the 1600s when he wrote: “I think, therefore I am”. He saw his self as a constant, the essence of his being, on which his ...

Scientists have already given us creepy headless dog robots and robots that squirm around like eels. Now, Futurism has spotted a different kind of robot to haunt our nightmares. Meet iCub, a humanoid ...

Geneva, Switzerland, Genoa, Italy, April 3 rd, 2014 - STMicroelectronics (STM), a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, and the Istituto ...