This time, it involves a humanoid robot wearing a blue clown wig who was recorded kicking a small child right in the gut, ...

When 3-year-old Cameron arrived at the UC Davis MIND Institute for a recent medical appointment, she was in for a surprise: ...

Public demos built around kicks, athletic tricks, and other flashy robot feats can shift the danger onto the people standing nearby. When safety barriers, spacing, or oversight fall short, a public ...

When you talk about robots being trained in combat and martial arts, people instantly think about the worst possible scenarios, such as a robot takeover of the world and a war of the machines. While ...

Mind Children Robotics, a Seattle-area startup co-founded by AGI researcher Ben Goertzel, is building Codey — a child-sized ...

Video has gone viral of the moment a “humanoid robot” kicked a child during a performance at an amusement park in China.

Last year, researchers found that when kids met a robot in the mall, they would often try to beat it up. Last week, at a shopping center in the Bay Area, the opposite happened: a security robot took ...

For us today, it has found its way into almost every aspect of living, and for our children in the future that is fast approaching - it will be indispensable. There are many more reasons why if your ...

Recent studies indicate the potential benefits of robot-assisted therapy (RAT) for children on the autism spectrum (AS), yet acceptance among stakeholders remains unclear due to methodological ...

A robot slapped a boy in China during a dance demo gone wrong. Watch out for the robo-bop. Appalling footage shows the moment that a robot accidentally slapped a child in the face during a dance ...

Mind Children, a Seattle startup, is developing Codey, a humanoid robot, for classrooms and elderly home care facilities.