New footage shows an expressionless iRonCub MK3 robot taking off using four thrusters — two where its arms should be and two in a jetpack on its back.

In the iCub robot, this can for example be used for the robot's visual perception. This requires a lot of relatively simple operations that must all be performed in parallel.

The iCub humanoid robot represents a standardized common open-source platform for research on embodied artificial intelligence (AI). It is available in 36 copies in laboratories across Europe, USA ...

We can now tell our iCub robot to stop bugging us and go outside to play. That’s because instead of needing a long extension cord for power, the iCub robot now has a battery backpack – tested and ...

We first heard about the iCub humanoid robot in 2011, when it was nominated to take part in the Olympic Torch Relay. The latest and greatest version, the iCub 3, was the star of a recently ...

Robots that can make their own decisions have so far been confined to science fiction movies, but "iCub," a child-sized figure with big eyes and a white face, is trying hard to turn fiction into ...

The iCub robot does have a limited capacity to "learn" like a neural network (a type of artificial intelligence, or AI, that mimics the processes of a human brain), ...

The iCub 3 robot is a 52-kilogram, 125- centimetre-tall robot with 54 points of articulation across its aluminium alloy and plastic body. Its head contains two cameras where a human’s eyes would ...

It's my first time drumming along with a robot. I'm sitting across a table from an adorable humanoid robot called the iCub. We each have our own stick and box, and are meant to strike the box with ...

It's my first time drumming along with a robot. I'm sitting across a table from an adorable humanoid robot called the iCub. We each have our own stick and box, and are meant to strike the box with ...