Think of actuators as the robot’s muscles —the technology that enables humanoids to move. Actuators come in three types: ...

Startup Embodied is closing down, and its product, an $800 robot for kids ages 5 to 10, will soon be bricked. Embodied blamed its closure on a failed “critical funding round." On its website, it ...

Comment The maker of Moxie, an "AI"-powered educational robot for kids, is going out of business – and the $800 bots will die with it.… Embodied Inc. made the Moxie Robot, which is a cloud-connected ...

Days after Meagan Brazil-Sheehan’s 6-year-old son was diagnosed with leukemia, they were walking down the halls of UMass Memorial Children’s Medical Center when they ran into Robin the Robot. “Luca, ...