An Orion Star robot sits waiting for patrons to interact with it, Wednesday at John & Judy Gay Library in McKinney. Last week the Library introduced Orion Star robots to the public to lead patrons ...

The Eugene Public Library has more than just books on its shelves. In a recent trend — common to all public libraries — patrons have been borrowing everything from cake pans to board games and sewing ...

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I guess I shouldn't have been too surprised to see a pair of robots when I walked into my local public library. The two robots—named Nancy and Vincent—look much like robots you'd see in the ...

A little robot at a library in Helsinki went from reviled to beloved, all because it got a new pair of plastic eyes. Addressing the complexity of human-robot interaction was the goal of the designers ...

They walk, perform tai chi, sit when they’re told, dance to Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” and speak 19 languages. At just 2 feet tall, these robots are also apparently the jealous type. Their eyes turn ...

Connecticut's Westport Library recently acquired two robots, Vincent and Nancy, that will be used to help teach coding and computer-programming skills. Photo: Danny Ghitis WESTPORT, Conn.—They have ...

Kids in third through sixth grades can learn how to build and program a LEGO robot with help from the Electric Hornets during ...

There will be a new presence weaving its way among the Longmont Public Library bookshelves before the end of the year, if Jalali Hartman and his cadre of engineers have anything to say about it.