Elise Preston is a CBS News correspondent based in Los Angeles. She reports for all broadcasts and platforms, including the "CBS Evening News," "CBS Mornings," "CBS Saturday Morning" and "CBS Weekend ...

There will be a new presence weaving its way among the Longmont Public Library bookshelves before the end of the year, if Jalali Hartman and his cadre of engineers have anything to say about it.

A Connecticut library has acquired two fully-automated, walking, talking robots to provide independent assistance to its patrons. The robots, set to begin their duties at the Westport, Conn., library ...

Elise Preston is a CBS News correspondent based in Los Angeles. She reports for all broadcasts and platforms, including the "CBS Evening News," "CBS Mornings," "CBS Saturday Morning" and "CBS Weekend ...

Robots can help build cars, they can vacuum your floor, they can even engage in galactic war . . . well, maybe eventually they can do that. But can you check one out at a local library? Not yet, but ...

Connecticut's Westport Library recently acquired two robots, Vincent and Nancy, that will be used to help teach coding and computer-programming skills. Photo: Danny Ghitis WESTPORT, Conn.—They have ...

Kate Berry, adult services supervisor with the Eugene Public Library, holds one of the robot cats, which were recently added to the library's Library of Things collection. Rachael McDonald / KLCC ...

A little robot at a library in Helsinki went from reviled to beloved, all because it got a new pair of plastic eyes. Addressing the complexity of human-robot interaction was the goal of the designers ...