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TriStar Pictures / Sony Pictures Sentient robot Johnny 5 from the 1980s movie ... to be more compassionate than humans, but not emulate human emotional habits." But many roboticists and computer ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese electronics and entertainment conglomerate Sony Group Corp said on Tuesday it has the technology to make humanoid robots quickly once it has identified how they could be ...

This blond, "female" robot named Aria is powered by AI for her conversation skills, with 17 motors driving her facial expressions so she appears as human as possible.

Sony is planning a new wave of robots that it says will be able to bond with humans, joining several other companies that have recently rolled out consumer-friendly robotics. Photo: Miho Inada/The ...