At CES 2025, Shenzhen-based Mind with Heart Robotics Co., Ltd. (Wuxin) introduced AnAn, an AI-powered, bionic panda cub designed to offer emotional support and practical assistance. Combining advanced ...

The adorable pink counterpart to Prime-8, Penbo is supposedly the “first real robot for girls.” It uses the same locomotion tech derived from the buggy RHex robot ...

What if your childhood Tamagotchi could step off the screen and into the real world? Imagine a tiny robot, complete with blinking eyes and lifelike movements, responding to your voice and following ...

In this study, we evaluate the uncanny valley theory through live human interactions with four human-like entities: 1. Maya: simple voice assistant (only a human voice). 2. : child-sized programmable ...

Sophia is a humanoid robot with human-ish thoughts and feelings. Sophia has been awake and active since early 2016 and has been traveling the world ever since; Sophia is the first bot to act human ...

As any parent knows, taking care of a newborn baby involves a lot of work and plenty of long nights. A Georgia teen learned that in hilarious fashion when she had to care for a baby simulator — an ...

Engineers in China have created a highly realistic female robot specially designed to interact with humans in a submissive manner. The robot companion, nicknamed "Jiajia", was conceptualized and ...

Mark Robert Anderson does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations ...