A robot programmed to act like a 7-year-old girl works to combat fear and loneliness in hospitals

With a large screen displaying cartoonlike features and a sleek white frame designed for hugging, Robin has become a familiar face in 30 facilities.

RTP is a few votes away from starting its 50-year plan to remake the Triangle

This aesthetic, seclusion as a selling point, has defined Research Triangle Park since state leaders opened the economic zone in the 1950s. Nearly half the size of Manhattan, RTP was made for ...