Chinese scientists have reportedly unveiled plans for the world’s first humanoid robot capable of carrying a pregnancy to ...

Virtual assistants and robots are frequently given female attributes. To curb the massive use of such gendering in AI, we need to better understand the deep roots of this phenomenon.

"A female android is generally considered more approachable, especially for children, so it was considered better suited to human-robot interaction experiments," he says.

The word “robot” would not enter the lexicon for more than a hundred years, but Jaquet-Droz is now considered the primary creator of some of the world’s first androids—robots with a human ...

The MIT team found robots signaling as the opposite sex — seemingly male robot meets female human — were considered more trustworthy and engaging.

There's been a lot of talk about robosexual marriage lately — with some people claiming it will destroy society. But the truth is, robots have been ...

In this Japanese study, participants were introduced to three “counselors” – a human female; a realistic humanlike female robot (the android ERICA); and a small clearly non-human robot ...