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The RealDoll has been the gold standard of lifelike dolls for years, and the RealDoll X project throws AI-powered smarts into the mix. The result? A talking, animatronic head named Harmony that ...

SEX robots and life-like dolls are enjoying a festive boom, with sales surging in the run-up to Christmas. Retailers say ...

After speaking with numerous experts and testing several AI toys firsthand, I've learned to proceed with extreme caution in ...

There's something about those glassy stares and frozen expressions that just gets under your skin, right? Maybe you've walked past your grandmother's china cabinet and felt a tiny shiver as a ...

How’s this for a sign of the times: fresh out of a legendary run in the NFT space, the digital artist Mike Winkelmann — better known by the cutesy mononym Beeple — has a new art installation featuring ...

Imagine a robot that doesn’t just walk but glides across a room with the grace of a dancer. Picture a machine that can not only pick up a fragile glass without shattering it but also assemble ...

When Xpeng unveiled its Next Gen Iron humanoid recently, the robot glided across the stage with movement so fluid that the crowd froze. Many viewers thought they saw an actor in a suit. Clips spread ...

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