Baby diaper sellers struggle in Japan, where the country's nose-diving birthrates are unseen outside of nations facing serious threats to health and wellness, such as war or famine. Unfortunately for ...

This adolescent-looking android is the first flying humanoid robot — but the internet is creeped out by how it looks. The Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) recently shared a video that updated ...

While robotics companies like Boston Dynamics continue to crank out humanoid bots that walk shockingly well—on every surface except for sand, apparently—there are, of course, limitations to using ...

Babies are curious about nearly everything, and they're especially interested in what their adult companions are doing. Touch your tummy, they'll touch their own tummies. Wave your hands in the air, ...

Driven by a declining population, a trend for developing robotic babies has emerged in Japan as a means of encouraging couples to become “parents.” The approaches taken vary widely and are driven by ...

The robot senses and steals glances at nearby people while clinging to a bag strap. The robot senses and steals glances at nearby people while clinging to a bag strap. is a senior reporter who’s been ...

Not only are those robot baby simulators creepy as hell, but they don't even prevent teens from getting pregnant. Published in The Lancet, the first study to explore the effectiveness of robot babies ...