AI companion toys for neurodivergent children promise connection and therapy, but can they deliver for the long haul?

A humanoid robot starts swinging its arms inside an office. Another appears to surge toward a festival crowd. In the most upsetting clip, a performing robot kicks a child in the stomach. These videos ...

Amazon has acquired Fauna Robotics, a startup founded in 2024 that released a children-sized humanoid robot called Sprout in January. Humanoid robots are built to look and move like the human body, ...