During a Chinese music festival, a humanoid robot named "Adam" graced the stage in what was half performance art and half marketing stunt — and did so while semi-disguised in a loose-fitting hoodie ...

WILD RIDE Kris Bowers’ experiences as a husband and father informed The Wild Robot’s score. “Thinking about my wife and the sacrifices she’s made — it’s like Credit: Gilbert Flores/Penske Media via ...

A system developed by researchers at the University of Waterloo lets people collaborate with groups of robots to create works of art inspired by music. The new technology features multiple wheeled ...

Moritz Simon Geist sees his “Sonic Robots” not simply as an end in themselves, but a way to make new music and change how listeners engage with it. To upgrade techno, this engineer plays his own ...

When soft music is playing in the background, a brief exchange with a robot can evoke unexpected feelings of intimacy. Researchers were surprised to discover how much of a role the background music ...