Yukai Engineering, the maker of the Qoobo robotic cat tail pillow, has revealed a soft robot that nibbles on a user’s fingertip. They hopes the "somewhat pleasing sensation" will brighten your day.

Japan has a new obsession now- and it’s selling out fast- obviously! Electronics giant Casio recently introduced an adorable ...

A cute robot elephant could be the future of robotics. The scaled-down jumbo has been built to demonstrate a cutting-edge bioinspired 3D printing technology. Researchers at EPFL university in ...

This fluffball robot stole my heart at CES 2025 Yukai Engineering’s Mirumi stares you down until you feel joy.

Animal robots, though, are pretty much a slam dunk. Any robot made to even vaguely resemble an animal is instantly rendered way more endearing. Check out these dog-like robots, for instance, or ...

For a robot, being accepted is not the only benefit of being cute. Cuteness also causes shifts in human behavior, which cute studies researchers (read more in this Mosaic piece) are cataloging.

A robot ethicist explores exciting new research that suggests that cute robots can help kids overcome social anxiety.

And VivaTech played host to plenty of other robots designed with cuteness in mind — ones with cartoon animal personas, others that looked like children's toys from the 1980s.