Almost half of our attention during face-to-face conversation focuses on lip motion. Yet, robots still struggle to move their lips correctly. Even the most advanced humanoids make little more than ...

Humans pay enormous attention to lips during conversation, and robots have struggled badly to keep up. A new robot developed ...

Animated films that explore the relationship between technology and nature have captivated audiences with stories that blend ...

"If a robot has a face that is not human, then we are more accepting of less-than-human behavior, as we would with an animal or doll," he said. "Intelligence significantly below that of normal humans ...

To match the lip movements with speech, they designed a "learning pipeline" to collect visual data from lip movements. An AI model uses this data for training, then generates reference points for ...

Did I have long stretches of happy grinning while watching Robot Dreams, even on my subsequent rewatches, when I knew what was coming? Yes, I did. An Academy Award nominee for Best Animated Feature ...

Nature and technology collide and then come together in the narrative of the new animated film “The Wild Robot.” That feels particularly fitting considering the visually dazzling and heartfelt movie ...

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“The Wild Robot” director Chris Sanders was feeling a little lost himself. In 2020, he ventured into live-action filmmaking with “The Call of the Wild,” an ambitious, imperfect adaptation of Jack ...

The Wild Robot — the Best Animated Feature Oscar nominee starring the voice of Lupita Nyong’o — is coming soon to streaming on Netflix. Based on the bestselling children’s book by Peter Brown, The ...

A new open-source quadruped robot called Sesame Robot is making legged robotics more affordable and accessible. Developed by ...