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

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.

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 ...

"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 gender imbalance in artificial intelligence has received sharp criticism. Female bots are built with more positive human qualities than male bots, and are seen as more human. Gender-neutral voices ...

The AILA robot with a female figure could join NASA's Robonaut 2 aboard the International Space Station to assist human astronauts.

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 ...

The stunt, held at a booth showing off upcoming PS4-exclusive Detroit: Become Human, featured several 'robot people' whose stiff, uncanny movements and eerie gazes quickly became the talk of the show.

Two 'friendly' robots, including a 3D-printed humanistic android, are helping scientists to understand how more realistic long-term relationships might be developed between humans and androids.