WAUKON, Iowa — Once Mark and Sandra Ehrhardt decided to put in a robotic milker on their Waukon dairy farm, Sandra began compiling a business plan for lenders. They worked with Tom Anderson, a farm ...

Robots have arrived at Bill and Carol Shuler's farm near Baroda, Mich., and life has taken a turn for the better. "It absolutely changes your lifestyle. It gives you a life!" says Bill Shuler. For ...

This week there’s a tree farm at Texas Children’s Hospital where kids pick out Christmas trees for their hospital room. For kids in the hospital this time of year, they’re not just looking forward to ...

The following is an excerpt from The New Breed: What Our History With Animals Reveals About Our Future With Robots by Kate Darling. The Huggable is a soft, fully animated blue teddy bear with a green ...

Social robots can be a non-threatening way for children to improve their reading skills, researchers say.

If the death of Jibo taught us anything, it's that it doesn't take much for humans to become emotionally attached to their robot companions. But I suppose that's something we learned when Roomba ...

The Pancake Farm in Lancaster welcomed their first robot to the team late last year. Affectionately named Marshmallow, this mechanical person receives the attention of the staff and customers alike.

The presence of robots in schools is no longer surprising. How do elementary school children treat humanoid robots? Are they ...