In 2014, The Verge’s Josh Dzieza investigated what he called “the rise of the adorable machines.” First, he spoke to the creators of Hitchbot, a hitchhiking robot with a cute emoji face.

Robots are unlike some of the other interventions we’ve used with kids previously. Static toys and screens have different characteristics. Robots like the Huggable can talk, move their bodies, and ...

A cute robot elephant could be the future of robotics. The scaled-down jumbo has been built to demonstrate a cutting-edge bioinspired 3D printing technology. Researchers at EPFL university in ...

Kids can now get into robotics as early as pre-kindergarten (PK) with Sphero indi, a cute learning robot that looks like it was inspired by the “Cars” animation.

Musio’s squeaky, high-pitched cartoonish voice is cute, too, but could get old fast. So far Musio has raised more than $17,000 toward its $50,000 crowdfunding goal, with 35 days to go.

And VivaTech played host to plenty of other robots designed with cuteness in mind — ones with cartoon animal personas, others that looked like children’s toys from the 1980s.

Everything just looks huggable — from the film's robot protagonist to its cute ensemble of critters. + By Katie Reul Posted March 6, 2024, 2:48 a.m.

Directors of some of of the year’s most notable animated features talk about the design and inspiration behind key characters including a sentient robot, expressive cat and villainous penguin ...

The US$149 robot uses the power of your iPhone or iPod touch as its brains and face, and the result is charming and educational. Not only can Romo be used as a fun toy, but also as a telepresence ...

May 21, 2023 One of the surprise animated films premiering at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival this year is called Robot Dreams, a Spanish production made by Catalan filmmaker named Pablo Berger.