After undergoing years of painful treatments for a childhood disorder, inventor Aaron Horowitz was inspired to help provide comfort to young children battling cancer As a child, Aaron Horowitz ...

Ethan Daniels, a 12-year-old cancer patient, speaks with Aaron Horowitz, the co-founder and CEO of Sproutel, who designed "My Special Aflac Duck." AP ATLANTA — A plush, robotic duck may soon ...

Aflac plans to expand its campaign to hospitals across the US later this year, providing newly diagnosed kids aged 3 to 13 years old with a robotic duck free of charge.

ATLANTA (AP) — A plush, robotic duck may soon become a fixture in the world of children who have cancer — a social robot that can be silly, happy, angry, scared or sick just like them ...

While “zombie duck drones” might sound like a weird plot twist in some dystopian horror movie, these robotic critters were engineered to further wildlife research. They also look like a mashup of ...

ARE. SO THIS IS MY SPECIAL AFLAC DUCK. IT IS A ROBOTIC DUCK AND A COMFORTING COMPANION FOR CHILDREN WITH CANCER AND SICKLE CELL. OUR FAMILY, THESE KIDS ARE. THEY GOT SOME TOUGH CHALLENGES.

Recipients at the Louisiana event participated in a My Special Aflac Duck demonstration before beginning an exciting scavenger hunt to meet their very own robotic companion. Following the hunt ...

Yes, it’s a far-fetched, far-future vision, but there’s something especially wholesome about design student Jihee Kim’s dream of a robotic companion that monitors ... Jonathan Bell has written for ...

COLUMBUS, GA / ACCESSWIRE / November 1, 2023 / Aflac, a leading provider of supplemental health insurance products in the U.S. and a proud supporter of families of children with cancer and blood ...

The social robotic duck provides comfort to pediatric patients with cancer and sickle cell disease by helping them prepare for medical procedures, communicate their feelings, practice distraction ...

My Special Aflac Duck — which Sproutel developed as part of Aflac’s ongoing Aflac Childhood Cancer campaign — is a robotic companion that pairs with an interactive mobile app and allows ...