The road to the home robot is one fraught with peril. The number of success stories it’s delivered can be counted on a single hand. The reasons for this massive disconnect are nuanced and complex — ...

While $6,299 can buy you a boatload of Hello Kitty book bags, t-shirt and keychains, that small mountain of cash will only buy you one Hello Kitty Robot. Now up for preorder, the lovable robot can ...

Ever since her debut over 50 years ago, Hello Kitty has been the queen of kawaii. This is the case no matter what form she takes, as seen in a mechanized new form of merchandise that gives the Sanrio ...

is a senior reporter who has covered AI, robotics, and more for eight years at The Verge. It looks like a telescoping grabber tool attached to a hat stand, but it could be the future of home robotics.

I know that Sanrio’s Hello Kitty is sort of hackneyed, but it’s hard not to appreciate the sheer force of an entity that has for thirty years been the centerpiece of a full-on marketing onslaught — ...