A 'male' humanoid robot appeared to inappropriately touch a female reporter during a presentation. Named 'Muhammad,' it is Saudi Arabia's first humanoid male robot. Muhammad is "fully autonomous" and ...

While service robots with male characteristics can be more persuasive when interacting with some women who have a low sense of decision-making power, 'cute' design features -- such as big eyes and ...

A male robot driven by artificial intelligence appeared to grope a female reporter during an interview at a high-profile tech expo in Saudi Arabia last month. Al Arabiya journalist Rawya Kassem was ...

A video clip just seven seconds long shows a moment that caused quite a stir about artificial intelligence. The clip, shot at DeepFest in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, captured an AI robot named Mohammad ...

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 ...

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The hospitality industry can leverage the gender characteristics of service robots to influence customers’ decisions, according to new research from a team in the Penn State ...