During Super Bowl week, a handful of sassy robots playfully posed for selfies, simulated throwing a football and quizzed Mall of America visitors on sports trivia. Meet Pepper, who with a tablet ...

According to Looi’s Kickstarter page — yes, this thing is crowdfunded, so keep that in mind — the tiny robot hooks up magnetically to your smartphone. For iPhones with MagSafe, the bot will connect ...

“According to internal chats the Journal viewed, the company has tested a ‘sassy robot’ persona inspired by Bender from Futurama and an overly curious ‘Alvin the Alien’ that one employee worried could ...

Well now, computer scientists are going after the digital world’s Holy Grail — the Loebner Prize: a gold medal awarded to the computer program that can best deceive an audience into thinking it’s ...