A Chinese startup has unveiled a child-sized robot capable of performing continuous backflips. Beijing-based Noetix Robotics ...

In her PhD research, Anouk Neerincx investigated how robots can help reduce stress, how they can get children to talk about their health and how they can teach children emotional skills.

She said her son would go down for a nap for his dad, or at preschool where he’d sleep for two hours, but not for her. Desperate for a solution, the parent came across the “robot” technique ...