The iPal is intended to serve as a learning and safety companion for children. It is also designed to get kids off the couch and interested in science and technology. The iPal stands 3.5 feet tall.

In an article published in Frontiers in Robotics and AI, Dr. Zhao Zhao and her colleagues have investigated the long-term ...

Artificial intelligence could become your child’s new best friend. California-based Embodied has created Moxie – a robot companion designed to support social, emotional and cognitive ...

In a new survey, 31% of teens said their conversations with AI companions were "as satisfying or more satisfying" than ...

A research team says they have discovered something “extraordinary” in an experiment exploring how families relate to ...

What’s more, AI companions can’t model healthy human relationships. “In the real world there are all kinds of social cues that kids have to both interpret and get used to and learn how to ...

Pyxel Pyxel isn’t the first robot designed to help kids learn to code. But it might be the easiest to start with — at least, that’s what creator Educational Insights says.