There’s a lot of hype around the release of Sony’s latest robotic dog. It’s called Aibo, and is promoted as using artificial intelligence to respond to people looking at it, talking to it and touching ...

A talking ‘love robot’ has been released onto the market for those who want a little interaction from their playmates. God help us all. The robot is capable of both moving and talking with a variety ...

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Jeffrey Young profiles MIT's Sherry Turkle, author of Alone Together: Why We Expect More From Technology and Less From Each Other. On the future of robot companionship: During her research, Turkle ...

"I'd rather have a Paper Doll to call my own than have a fickle-minded real live girl."—The Mills Brothers The existence of robots is no longer a new phenomenon in our society. The new issue is, to ...