Moxie, a playful robot that first got attention for helping kids with loneliness and anxiety through the COVID-19 pandemic, is getting an AI upgrade and picking up some tutoring skills.

Moxie is a bit different. Developed by Embodied, a company co-founded by former iRobot CTO Paolo Pirjanian, Moxie is a companion robot made specifically for kids to play with every day.

Moxie’s head is packed with microphones and cameras that feed data to machine-learning algorithms so that the robot can carry on a natural conversation, recognize users, and look them in the eye.

Patients and family members visit Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville and Wolfson Children's Hospital may see a robot roaming the halls. Moxie is there to help nurses with tasks that would ...

The AI robot companion called Moxie, which was designed to help teach social skills, is being discontinued after the company lost funding.

Developed by Embodied, Moxie is an AI-powered robot that can accompany, interact with and teach five-to-10 year old kids problem-solving and emotional intelligence.

Moxie, an adorable educational robot, is designed for teaching kids at home. But it’s expensive: the robot itself is $1,500, and it requires a $60 monthly subscription after the first year.

The Moxie AI robot cost $800 and was marketed to parents to help teach children social skills. The company sent customers an email in late November announcing it would be shutting down.

Owners of Embodied's doomed Moxie robot may get a reprieve from the shutdown, thanks to an eleventh-hour open-source attempt to keep the robot running.