My Special Aflac Duck and Paro seal are among a new wave of robots that straddle the line between a therapy animal and a friend.

Researchers in the UK have designed a new groundbreaking type of social robot that mimics therapy horses and helps people regulate emotions, making a huge step forward in the pursuit of better mental ...

Hospitals and senior living centers are leading the adoption of service robots that handle basic support tasks. Experts ...

Researchers tested an LLM-powered robot's ability to fetch butter. The result? Today’s models still struggle at basic ...

BRISTOL, England — Unlike human therapists, horses can’t be fooled by fake emotions. And this is often why they prove to be such effective “counselors” when it comes to mental health. Researchers from ...

Interactive robots should not just be passive companions, but active partners–like therapy horses who respond to human emotion–say University of Bristol researchers. Equine-assisted interventions ...

When they were in their mid-80s, my parents wanted to be closer to their grown kids and grandchildren so they moved from their home in rural upstate New York to a retirement community outside of ...

The BMSRs are manipulated by a 6-DOF robotic arm to generate rotating magnetic fields. They can crawl on inclined surfaces (including upside-down motion) and navigate the GI tract with endoscopic ...

SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital introduces Aquablation therapy in OKC to treat enlarged prostates while preserving sexual function and continence.

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (AP) — Lu May softly scratched Dala, who squealed, turned her head and opened her eyes. May smiled. 'Oh, you're nothing like I expected,' said the 88-year-old resident of Asta Care ...

A new, pioneering procedure was used to treat a record number of prostate patients in a day. Frimley Health NHS Foundation trust were able to break their record thanks to the use of a robot-assisted ...