Those of you who imagine that a robot voice generator box would require a whole heap of ICs are mistaken; the ISD2500 ChipCorder family of ICs from Winbond contains almost all the necessary hardware ...

When machines speak, they sound stilted, robotic and mechanical – but they’re getting better. Google’s latest text-to-speech system, called Tacotron 2, generates sounds entirely from scratch, and the ...

It's been awhile since we've heard about Laundroid, the laundry folding robot that will make lazy people swoon. Now, parent company Seven Dreamers has announced a new partnership that could make your ...

Hasbro has revealed a voice and app-controlled, auto-transforming Optimus Prime robot that costs $699, and it's available for pre-order now. Announced at today's Hasbro Pulse Fan Fest, Hasbro teamed ...