People who speak the Berlin dialect trust social robots speaking the same dialect more than social robots speaking standard German Social robots can help us with many things: teaching, learning, ...

A team of researchers in Germany recently published a study examining the relationship between language and trustworthiness when it comes to human views on talking robots. The question at hand was ...

Increasingly, social robots are being used for support in educational contexts. But does the sound of a social robot affect how well they perform, especially when dealing with teams of humans?

A new study is suggesting that robots with more "charismatic" voices – as opposed to flat, matter-of-fact ones – can help people be more creative. Scientists from Denmark found that students who are ...

Experts tell us that how robots communicate with humans has a significant impact on our comfort and trust. A recent study conducted by researchers at the University of Potsdam looks into social robots ...

A caregiving robot that responds to spoken instructions while performing physical tasks may make robots easier to use and understand.