Designed for seniors with dementia, the Tombot Jennie is the most realistic robot pet I've ever seen. It even helped comfort ...

Sometimes, AI just wants to be your friend. And while robot pets weren’t the biggest stars of CES 2026, they’ve become more ...

Cartwheel Robotics has unveiled its latest innovation, Yogi, a humanoid robot designed to foster genuine human connections in domestic settings. Announced on October 17, 2025, Yogi aims to seamlessly ...

Ludens AI, a startup AI company, introduced Cocomo and Inu - two adorable robots not designed to work but to stay as AI ...

What is the Alter3 humanoid robot, how does it work? Alter3 is a humanoid robot that was first introduced in 2016 as a platform for exploring the concept of life in artificial systems. It has a ...

According to new research from the University of Bristol, interactive robots should not just be passive companions, but active partners, like therapy horses who respond to human emotion.

Researchers in the UK have designed a new groundbreaking type of social robot that mimics therapy horses and helps people regulate emotions, making a huge step forward in the pursuit of better mental ...

Khaberni - The year 2025 was not just a fleeting station in the course of artificial intelligence, but represented a historic ...

The robot revolution has started says the chairman of Robopolis. Within 20 years robots will be commonplace amongst us but key to their adoption will be the ability for them to show "emotion." WSJ's ...

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Robots might be getting smarter but to truly support people in daily life, they also need to get more empathetic. That means recognising and responding to human emotions in real time. Most facial ...

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