What happens to a social robot after it retires? Four years ago, we placed a small owl-shaped reading robot named Luka into 20 families’ homes. At the time, the children were preschoolers, just ...

PALO ALTO, Calif. -- The parents of a young boy who got knocked down and run over by a security robot at Stanford Shopping Center want to get the word out to prevent others from getting hurt. They ...

PALO ALTO, Calif. -- A young boy was knocked down and run over by a security robot in Palo Alto, according to his parents. The parents of 16-month-old Harwin Cheng said the boy had a frightening ...

The Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University in East China has unveiled the country's first humanoid diagnostic and treatment robot that deeply integrates non-invasive brain computer interface (BCI) ...

This guy makes R2D2 look cuddly. A child-sized robot with dreams of being a doctor is working its way up the ranks at a Big Apple vein treatment clinic — and might one day be the one wielding the ...

Children are naturally playful, but 'what' and 'how' they play is entirely up to you as a parent or guardian. Not all toys are the same; some make your child smarter and well-behaved, and some are ...

Comicstorian examines Spider-Man and Deadpool raising a robot child in comic book form.