A Connecticut library has acquired two fully-automated, walking, talking robots to provide independent assistance to its patrons. The robots, set to begin their duties at the Westport, Conn., library ...

An Orion Star robot sits waiting for patrons to interact with it, Wednesday at John & Judy Gay Library in McKinney. Last week the Library introduced Orion Star robots to the public to lead patrons ...

Fourteen-year-old Mercy Havekost of Franklin and 11-year-old Kazutaka Suzuki of Greenwood make adjustments to a robotic car they built and programed on Tuesday during a week-long robotics camp held at ...

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Editor’s note: This is a corrected version of of the original article, which had the wrong name of the library representative being quoted. The Longmont Public Library’s newest employee is, admittedly ...

Santa Ana, California — It was a surprise first meeting for Luke Sepulveda and his new futuristic robot friend at the Santa Ana Public Library in Southern California. "In different spaces, you don't ...

They walk, perform tai chi, sit when they’re told, dance to Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” and speak 19 languages. At just 2 feet tall, these robots are also apparently the jealous type. Their eyes turn ...

If books are dying a slow death, libraries are also living on borrowed time. But that didn't stop the University of Chicago from sinking $81 million into the new Joe and Rika Mansueto Library, which ...