As a key implementation vehicle for Dou Shen Education's AI strategy, the Learning Companion Robot is equipped with Baidu Intelligent Cloud's Wenxin large model 4.5, image generation model, and object ...

Companion robots like Luka, designed for reading to children, are evolving beyond their intended function. Families in Canada ...

Social companion robots are no longer just science fiction. For example, after a children's reading robot became inactive, most households chose to keep it.

The Bund Conference in 2025 previewed a future of "human-machine symbiosis": Security-clad robotic dogs patrolled the venue; robots in the kitchen continuously served stir-fried pork into plates; ...

Apple is planning to launch a tabletop robot in 2027, reports Bloomberg. The device features a 7-inch iPad-like display ...

When fully developed, R1, which for now uses wheels instead of legs to get around, will be deployed as a “smart companion for ...

UChicago study finds social robots could help students feel less stress when reading aloud, pointing to new uses for ...

Nothing makes me feel warmer and fuzzier inside than a furry AI companion with an LLM running on-device.

Engineers have been hard at work for years on building robots for home use and while we may still be years away from the ...

Have you ever walked into a room and forgotten why you're there? Or misplaced your keys for the umpteenth time this week? If you've been noticing these little memory hiccups more often, you're not ...