Robin is a therapeutic robot programed to act like a 7-year-old girl as it travels around nursing homes and hospitals’ pediatric units providing emotional support while helping to combat staffing shor ...

The study's findings hint at a future where robots aren't just teaching tools but could act as emotional buffers for children ...

UChicago study finds social robots could help students feel less stress when reading aloud, pointing to new uses for ...

When children are chronically ill and unable to attend school, it’s not just the illness that can be debilitating — the separation from the classroom and friends can also take a toll. For young people ...

St. Mary’s is the first hospital in New York State to get a visit from Robin, who has appeared in hospitals across the ...

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Astra, a 4-foot-tall silver cyborg, is still in training, and her gig at Astra Vascular so far includes waving at customers, ...

Like a lot of children, my sons, Toby, 7, and Anton, 4, are obsessed with robots. In the children’s books they devour at bedtime, happy, helpful robots pop up more often than even dragons or dinosaurs ...

Researchers found that working with a humanoid robot can change how our brains map the body, making its hand feel like part ...