Vector, a tiny desktop companion robot that was both surprisingly endearing and unsurprisingly useless, met its demise earlier this year when its creator, Anki, ran out of money and shut down. But ...

If there’s a robot uprising anytime soon, it seems unlikely to start in our living rooms. Robotic vacuums like Roomba sell well because they are so handy. But other types of home robots–pets and ...

At the moment it’s a clever toy with built-in artificial intelligence that responds to your commands and requests as it moves around. “Hey, Vector, come here”, and it rolls along the table right up to ...