The movie The Wild Robot features a robot with a quality that, in a different context, would put the audience on alert: an operating system that can convincingly mimic falling in love. The story ...

Humans are all set to lose their exclusive right of possessing humour, an emotion usually attributed only to human beings. A team of research scientists from Kyoto University in Japan have developed ...

Japanese scientists are claiming to have developed a robot with a sense of humour. Researchers at Kyoto University say they have programmed their robot, whose unlikely name is Erica, to a) detect ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. A robot that laughs might be seen as ominous, but would it appear ...

This study is a pivotal step towards adding humanness to robots. Laughter is a very privileged and complex human emotion. The sense of humour differs from person to person. Even the type and extent of ...

Robots are not particularly designed to have an understanding of humor since they were made to do repetitive and dull tasks. In short, they can be very dry when you talk to them. However, a group of ...

Since at least the time of inquiring minds like Plato, philosophers and scientists have puzzled over the question, “What’s so funny?” The Greeks attributed the source of humor to feeling superior at ...

A robot has been taught to laugh at jokes in a bid to make it more human. Researchers at Kyoto University in Japan are using artificial intelligence (AI) to train robots about appropriate laughter – ...

(Nanowerk News) No one can really agree on what makes each of us laugh, so designing an artificial intelligence (AI) system with a sense of humor is enormously challenging. Researchers at Kyoto ...