Chief reporter Neal Keeling drills down into a story like no one else, and his weekend piece about a furious planning row on millionaire’s row in Whitefield, was a great example of finding a complex ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — For weeks, it has been the question on the lips of many Central Texans: Who or what is Rizzbot? A cowboy hat-wearing, three-foot-tall robot, making waves on social media; Rizzbot has ...

Abstract: Dialogs between humans and social robots are often fact-oriented and not very mood-dependent, at least on the part of the robot. This raises the question of what influence the tonality of ...

July 28, 2025 - The motion plastics specialist igus has unveiled its first humanoid robot, Iggy Rob, designed to support industrial production, service environments and transport tasks. The robot ...

A flamboyantly dressed humanoid robot has been turning heads on the streets of West Hollywood, California. Nicknamed “Jake the Rizzbot,” the android has been spotted wearing a cowboy hat, rainbow ...

(Austin, Texas) It’s amazing how fast technology is changing things here in Texas. Recently we saw Robotaxi’s released in Austin, but now there is something new and I think it’s awesome. Last week I ...

AUSTIN, Texas — A mysterious buckaroo has been making his way down the streets of Austin. The figure wears sneakers and a cowboy hat and seems generally friendly. At least, for a robot. Videos started ...

A new rootin' tootin' cowboy is taking on Texas, but he's more interested in dishing out heavy-handed compliments than he's apt to ride a horse through the Wild West. Videos of a child-sized, ...

We’ve only heard about legends, but it looks like we’re experiencing the making of one. Austin, which recently became the center stage for Tesla’s robotaxi testing, resulting in various reported ...

The Wild West meets Wall-E. A slick-talking, cowboy hat-wearing robot, unofficially named “Jake the Rizzbot,” stunned both Texas locals and the Internet with its proficiency in both Gen Z and Gen ...