Social companion robots have been shown to reduce loneliness in one-on-one interactions with senior living residents. A recent pilot at a continuing care retirement / life plan community, however, ...

While technology has made the world "smaller," it has also pulled individuals apart, thanks to mobile phones and other ...

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, ...