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. Early in December, it was reported that ...

The blight of internet-connected devices continues as Moxie, a cute AI-powered robot for children, is being killed. The company behind it, Embodied, explained on an FAQ page that an expected ...

Customers were told the US-based robotics company Embodied would soon shut down and the robots would stop working. In 2020, Embodied launched Moxie, a US$799 (A$1,250) human robot that uses AI to ...

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.

The Moxie robot that used cloud processing for a large language model was designed to be a companion and education tool for autistic children, and it's being unceremoniously shut down by the owners.

Moxie was released by tech-firm Embodied in 2020. The robot, intended for use among kids between 5-10 years old, is 15 inches tall and has a human-like animated face that can display a range of ...

Moxie, an AI-powered toy robot aimed at preschoolers and other children, is shutting down — leaving parents in the position of having to explain that a beloved companion is going away.

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 ...

Embodied, Inc. is insolvent and closes down. This renders Moxie AI, the company's networked children's robot, useless. The device was designed to support the development of children "with special ...

Ars is owned by WIRED's parent company, Condé Nast. When it first announced Moxie in April 2020, Embodied described the robot as a “safe and engaging animate companion for children designed to ...