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A university study finds that adding anthropomorphism features to frontline robots — such as humanlike “expressive eyes, emotive voices, and subtle gestures” — increases bystanders’ empathic responses ...

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A new artificial skin unveiled at CES 2026 could give robots human-like sensitivity, helping machines better understand ...