:: “A simple example is for a lot of people who are a bit more socially isolated, they don't have someone to really talk to. So they might go a full day without speaking. But in the morning, you go ...

Here's a sad thought for you: The rat robot (ratbot?) in the photo above was created solely to bully real rats until they're depressed. This might sound like the work of a sadistic behavioral ...

I love an existential robot — and Times & Galaxy, an indie adventure game, has a lot of them. On the surface, the term “existential robot” seems like an oxymoron. Existentialism is, after all, a ...

Brain the size of a planet and probably trained on Sci-Fi that’s full of anxious and depressed robots Google is aware that its Gemini AI chatbot can sometimes castigate itself harshly for failing to ...

Adults with dementia showed significantly improved mood scores, including reduced depression over time, when given their own robotic pets, a new study has found. The intervention took place over 12 ...

A new wave of AI robot companions is moving beyond clinical tools to aid the elderly providing emotional support and critical reminders for meals, medication, and appointments.

"I'm like the future's Alan Lomax or something," explains the undercover automaton and leader of the all-robot musical collective, No They Do. Disguised as XJ3, humanoid Pete Kellers has lived among ...