For adults, Mebo will be just as fun to play around with, and I can even see him being a decent way of keeping an eye on your pets while out of the house.

The International Tokyo Toy Show has opened with a spotlight on AI-powered gadgets and products aimed as much at adults as at children.

Researchers have discovered that, contrary to previous assumptions, older adults are more amenable than younger ones to having a robot "perform critical monitoring tasks that would require little ...

Optimus Primes is the world’s first auto-converting robot that “transforms” into a truck, and that’s also interactive, voice-activated, and programmable.

Interactive robots should not just be passive companions, but active partners—like therapy horses who respond to human emotion—say University of Bristol researchers.

Home-care robots hold significant potential in empowering older adults. Researchers from Chiba University, Japan, assess factors influencing the willingness to use home-care robots among ...

Guest bloggers Henry Wellman and Kimberly Brink reflect on their new study shedding light on how adults, older children and young children perceive human-like robots — and what the future might ...

Home-care robots hold significant potential in empowering older adults. "Developing home-care robots in collaboration with potential users, such as older people and care providers, will foster ...