Moxie, a playful robot that first got attention for helping kids with loneliness and anxiety through the COVID-19 pandemic, is getting an AI upgrade and picking up some tutoring skills. The tabletop ...

Owners of Embodied's doomed Moxie robot may get a reprieve from the shutdown, thanks to an eleventh-hour open-source attempt to keep the robot running. Early in December, it was reported that Embodied ...

Moxie is an AI-powered robot that offers companionship for children. But it requires a constant connection to cloud servers, which will soon be shut off. Reading time: Reading time 3 minutes The ...

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Moxie robots, cute interactive desktop devices with digital “faces” and rudimentary arms, were designed to appeal to kids aged 5 to 10 years old, serving up different games, jokes, puzzles, and ...

The company, Embodied, announced this week it had lost funding and will close up shop, reports Aftermath. That will brick Moxie, its cloud-connected $799 educational robot. The company won’t offer ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Patients and family members visit Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville and Wolfson Children’s Hospital may see a robot roaming the halls. Moxie is there to help nurses with tasks ...

Earlier this month, startup Embodied announced that it is going out of business and taking its Moxie robot with it. The $800 robots, aimed at providing emotional support for kids ages 5 to 10, would ...

Consumer robots aren’t really a thing yet, but some specialized robots are starting to edge toward the mainstream. One of those is a big-eyed little robot named Moxie, which its maker, Pasadena, ...