A Japanese billionaire who purchased a robotics startup that makes petlike companions predicts the machines may be the key in filling the void in human hearts. Yusaku Maezawa, a 46-year-old who ...

It seems like everything is getting smarter nowadays — thanks to AI. This includes something known as companion robots. Scripps News has been following the health tech behind companion robots, which ...

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ ...

Out near the far end of Washington’s Long Beach Peninsula, 83-year-old Jan Worrell has a new, worldly sidekick in her living room. "This is ElliQ. I call her my roommate," the grandmother said as she ...

Warning: big time spoilers for Companion are in play! Earlier in the 2025 movie schedule writer/director Drew Hancock’s comedy-thriller Companion took the sci-fi tradition of humans abusing robots and ...