Moxie the robot wasn’t only for autistic kids, but it was marketed as a great companion and tool for them. The company, Embodied, promised that for about $800, the new toy would use AI and its ...

Moxie is also a bit heavy-handed in the early conversations, rigidly sticking to its planned activities. That's helpful to make sure kids know how the robot works, but it can try a kid's patience ...

When the Moxie robot launched in 2020 ... play Simon Says, and lead kids through meditation exercises like breathing. And for parents who had been worried about their neurotypical kids falling ...

Since Embodied marketed Moxie as a companion and development toy for children, there’s concern about kids potentially suffering an emotional toll after the robot abruptly becomes inoperable.

Moxie is an AI-powered robot that offers companionship for children. But it requires a constant connection to cloud servers, which will soon be shut off.

Startup Embodied is closing down, and its product, an $800 robot for kids ages 5 to 10, will soon be bricked. Embodied blamed its closure on a failed “critical funding round." On its website, it ...

“[Moxie is] a supportive robot friend for kids that loves learning about their interests and hearing about their day,” the website says. But after users on Reddit and TikTok started to notice ...

Earlier this month, startup Embodied announced that it is going out of business and taking its Moxie robot with it. The $800 robots, aimed at providing emotional support for kids ages 5 to 10 ...

Owners of Embodied's doomed Moxie robot may get a reprieve from the shutdown ... including autistic kids, this meant parents had to explain why their children couldn't play with their robotic ...

The Moxie AI robot cost $800 and was marketed to parents ... It's a new wrinkle in our AI-enhanced world after kids became attached to the lifelike robot that promised to help them learn social ...