Researchers in Japan are using "robotic social trash boxes" to investigate interactions between humans and robots for improving robot-to-human communications. Toyohashi Tech researchers use 'robotic ...

Given the popularity of robots that vacuum your house for you, you might be surprised to hear that the “Sociable Trash Box” does not clean and cannot even pick up the trash by itself. Developed by ...

Abstract: We developed a Sociable Trash Box (STB) as a children-assisted robot able to collect the trash in order to convey its intentional stance to children. The STB is capable of engaging manifold ...

According to Japanese researchers, there’s nothing wrong with asking for a helping hand. At least, that was the thinking used by a group of engineers from the Interaction and Communications Design Lab ...

If a cute, colorful trashcan waddled up to you and told you to pick up your trash, could you resist? Researchers at Japan’s Toyohashi University of Technology are betting you can’t. They’ve invented ...

Robotic Trash Cans Follow You Around Until You Pick Up Your Trash The Sociable Trash Box from a Japanese University will detect trash lying around and tell you to pick it up. Simple Genius: A Trash ...