In Japan there’s an experimental coffee house called DAWN Avatar Cafe where you are served by an avatar robot and you can even converse with it while having your coffee or light snacks. Behind the ...

Using a robotic avatar to go places a human body can't is the stuff of sci-fi dreams. That's why Japanese airline ANA is sponsoring the Avatar XPrize. "So the goal of the Avatar Xprize is a contest ...

A huggable, talking toy is not an entirely new idea, but a new toy robot called TROBO does more than just chatter at kids – he also works alongside an iPad app to help get children excited about STEM ...