Social companion robots are no longer just science fiction. In classrooms, libraries and homes, these small machines are designed to read stories, play games or offer comfort to children. They promise ...

What happens to a social robot after it retires? Four years ago, we placed a small owl-shaped reading robot named Luka into 20 families’ homes. At the time, the children were preschoolers, just ...

Meet Atlas. It’s the latest member of the growing robot family to emerge from the laboratory at Boston Dynamics – perhaps best known for its canine-like Spot. Atlas, however, walks on two legs and ...