Robots are designed with a specific purpose. They are complex machines, performing tasks that make life easier. A computer with arms and legs that can do (almost) everything a human can has been the ...

CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. — Joyce Loaiza lives alone, but when she returns to her apartment at a Florida senior community, the retired office worker often has a chat with a friendly female voice that asks ...

Sophie Thatcher gives a fun performance as an android who rebels against the toxic man who bought her. But is the best robot really more valuable than the worst human? Iris (Sophie Thatcher) is quick ...

This year’s Arthur C. Clarke award for the year’s best science fiction novel was awarded last month to Sierra Greer’s Annie Bot. Over the course of the novel, Annie, a sentient sex robot programmed to ...

Companion robots enhanced with artificial intelligence may one day help alleviate the loneliness epidemic. A new report maps some of the ethical considerations, and urges stakeholders to come together ...