The second phase of Gaganyaan mission will involve the launch of Vyommitra It is a female spacefaring humanoid robot Vyommitra, a name derived from the Sanskrit words "Vyoma" (meaning "Space") and ...

When we give AI a humanoid form, we typically choose the robot to have feminine characteristics. Are we playing on stereotypes? There is a popular idea that artificial intelligence (AI) is out to get ...

Fresh on the heels of their carnivalesque Space Invaders video, Norwegian electronica duo Röyksopp have created an epic romantic saga for our time in “The Girl and ...

Saudi Arabia now has a matching pair of male and female humanoid robots whose AI is coded to be culturally aligned with the nation's values. Just weeks after the male robot, Muhammed, groped a women's ...

Companies looking to replace human staff with robots at hotels, restaurants and other service industries, should consider giving them a female face, study finds. For the study, 170 volunteers were ...

People are more comfortable talking to female rather than male robots working in service roles in hotels, according to new research. The study, which surveyed about 170 people on hypothetical service ...