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.

Shortly after PUDU started to test their robots in real-world environments, they observed a potential safety issue: many children like to play with the cute robots and tend to block their way or g ...

AI mental health apps may offer a cheap and accessible way to fill the gaps in the overstretched U.S. mental health care system, but ethics experts warn that we need to be thoughtful about how we use ...