When the streets of Los Angeles flooded with rain last week, some of the city’s residents found themselves feeling sorry for a peculiar object: a food delivery robot floundering in water and debris.

Furry like real ones, endearing and incredibly comforting, robot pets are slowly but surely finding their way into homes. These little creatures, with batteries instead of hearts and AI hidden beneath ...

Walk into a tech expo, scroll through a product launch, or watch a future of AI video and you’ll notice a pattern: many robots are designed to look friendly. They have rounded edges, big eyes, soft ...