The Dawn of Artificial Gestation. It sounds like something straight out of a sci-fi movie, right? Robots giving birth. But ...

Sanford Hospital in Bismarck has acquired a robot that blinks, breathes, talks and can even simulate a real-life birth. A $100,000 birthing simulator was recently donated to the hospital from Sanford ...

VALLEJO — Noelle's given birth in Afghanistan, California and dozens of points in between. She's a lifelike, pregnant robot used in increasing numbers of medical schools and hospital maternity wards.

As nurses held her legs aloft and a doctor prepared to catch the baby, Noelle groaned in time with her contractions. All that was missing was the screaming. "In real deliveries, we have family members ...