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 ...

D ays after Meagan Brazil-Sheehan's 6-year-old son was diagnosed with leukemia, they were walking down the halls of UMass Memorial Children's Medical Center when they ran into Robin the Robot. "Luca, ...

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

No surprises there then, as this is effectively pre-school TV 101. Yet, the makers of "Scouts" have thrown in meaningless ...

Abstract: This paper applies the gradient-based differential kWTA (GD-kWTA) algorithm to multi-robot tracking tasks based on the principles of multi-robot competition and collaboration. At the same ...

Greg Cipes, the actor who voices Beast Boy on Teen Titans Go!, has taken to social media to air his frustration over claims he was fired.

Abstract: This paper presents a novel approach for the trajectory tracking control of a three wheeled mobile robot using neural network based nonlinear PID controller combined with the backstepping ...

Lots of people had stuffed animals when they were little. My personal favorite was a teddy bear in army fatigues, named—you guessed it—Army Bear. Fidel Castro was already taken, unfortunately. As much ...

Roborock’s big product announcement at IFA 2025 is something I don’t think anybody saw coming: a combo washer and dryer with a secret compartment for robot vacuums. Called the 4-in-1 Household ...