For now, WMdoll is betting on its AI dolls filling an emotional void. As societal attitudes around relationships evolve, ...

Right up to this week with Companion, the warning that robots are a bad idea is an entrenched part of cinema. But just how close are we to a robot-infused society? And how accurate is Hollywood's ...

she said. "Whereas if that robot is the buffer, [they can] explore what the older adult enjoys." Henry DeRuiter poses with an experimental companion robot as part of the Social Robots pilot ...

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Just like Companion, M3GAN is a horror-comedy with a killer robot at its heart. While Iris in Companion is — to put it in the least gross way possible — a "companionship" bot for adults, M3GAN ...

Companion robots like this put a premium on their ability ... "There's some great pictures that we've posted on social media … where older adults are dancing with them, singing with them ...

That’s because Iris is a robot, “more specifically, a companion robot,” Josh admits ... sociologists who study health over the course of adult life explains it this way: “Within a ...