In what is either a truly genius or entirely creepy move, a collaboration between the Boston Children's Hospital and M.I.T. has combined the nostalgic comfort of the teddy bear with the technological ...

Here’s Huggable—Teddy Ruxpin for the new millennium. It’s a talking blue teddy bot designed to care for and comfort hospitalized children. The New York Times reported today it’s currently being used ...

Due to another innovation straight out of MIT's media lab, cuddly interactive robots should soon be roaming the halls of hospitals, simultaneously creeping people out and helping the sick get better.

Beatrice Lipp, a patient at Boston Children’s Hospital, meets Huggable, a robotic teddy bear. The robot’s creators are studying whether it can have therapeutic value for hospitalized children. Can a ...