ATLANTA — A plush, robotic duck may soon become a fixture in the world of children who have cancer — a social robot that can be silly, happy, angry, scared or sick just like them, and help them cope ...

After undergoing years of painful treatments for a childhood disorder, inventor Aaron Horowitz was inspired to help provide comfort to young children battling cancer As a child, Aaron Horowitz spent ...

The Aflac duck is best known for helping its namesake insurance company hawk supplemental insurance, but recently the squawking waterfowl's found a new purpose: helping kids going through chemotherapy ...

CES is flush with giant TVs, smart fridges and plenty of other superfluous nonsense. So it was a breath of fresh air when insurance company Aflac and a company called Sproutel showed up with a robot ...