“Artificial intelligence doesn’t always want to optimize your life or steal your job. Sometimes, AI just wants to be your ...

iRobot cofounder Colin Angle unveils Familiar, a pet-inspired emotionally aware home robot designed to learn your routines ...

We had our parents and grandparents live with and review ElliQ, a multipurpose robot that serves as a digital assistant, social companion and health advocate.

According to Geekwire, the world's most foremost tech publication (based out of Seattle) Codey is the result of a desire to ...

After stepping down as iRobot’s chief executive, Angle founded Familiar Machines & Magic, a Woburn, Massachusetts “physical ...

China’s UBTech Robotics Corp. is planning to unveil a $20,000 humanoid robot that can serve as a household companion this year, seeking to expand beyond factories. The company sees “home companion” ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Prakhar Khanna covers lifestyle tech for Forbes. X-Origin AI showcased its AI companion robot, Yonbo, at CES 2026. The ...

I’ll admit it, I want a robot. So when I was given the chance to meet Buddy, a house robot that I can actually buy, the meeting was confirmed before you could say “protocol droid.” I doubt there’s a ...

The Aura, awhite robot with a smiling face displayed on its screen - Takway AI Pets provide us with unconditional love and companionship, but they're also a big commitment. You have to feed them, ...

The decades-long quest to build home robots that are both helpful and lifelike — spurred on by fictional machines like The Jetsons’ humanoid maid Rosie —- is still mostly a pipe dream, but some ...