An avid gamer with over 30 years of experience, there aren't many consoles that Dan hasn't owned at some point in his life. He's also part Italian, which means he's almost certainly related to Super ...

Robots are funny, but historically most of that humor has derived from them being the "straight man." Their ability to be oblivious to the joke often makes them natural comedians. But now Microsoft ...

A robot walks into a bar. It goes CLANG. Alexa and Siri can tell jokes mined from a humor database, but they don’t get them. Linguists and computer scientists say this is something to consider: Humor ...

Agility Robotics’ Digit, one of the most widely deployed robots in manufacturing, takes a break from factory floors for some ...

A robot comic is more funny when it has good timing. Standup comedian Jon the Robot likes to tell his audiences that he does lots of auditions but has a hard time getting bookings. "They always think ...

Robots aren't particularly known for their sense of humor. That's why the gentle laughs produced by "Robot & Frank" - a clever, unexpectedly touching dramedy about the relationship between an aging ...

In 1984, a high-tech marvel named Seiko took center stage during the grand opening of Wang’s computer store on Boston’s ...

Robots designed to have a sense of humour may struggle to understand when and what makes things funny - and this could even lead them to kill, one expert warns. The inability of artificially ...

A wisecracking cleaning robot is being rolled out to hospital wards in a bid to 'put a smile on patients' faces' and help in the fight against the deadly coronavirus. Autonomous bot Ella, built by ...