How do children understand where others are looking? Researchers at the Max Planck Institute in Leipzig have studied 1,377 children from 14 countries. Their findings reveal a universal thought process that works in the same way all over the world. However, the study also reveals surprising differences between individual children. | more
In factories, humans and robots often work side by side. But the machines do not know where their human colleague is looking. A new research group at Chemnitz University of Technology wants to change this. In future, robots will use eye-tracking technology to recognize where humans are focusing their attention. This could make collaboration safer and more efficient. | more
