A Connecticut library has acquired two fully-automated, walking, talking robots to provide independent assistance to its patrons.

News McKinney library has robots to help staff, customers The John and Judy Gay Library is the first in the state to use them on the library floor, staff says.

The robots in the Santa Ana Public Library have been specially programmed to help communicate with kids with autism.

Hobbes Ehlert, left, Jalali Hartman and Thomas Larsen wire part of their "library robot" on Sunday. Kids on the autism spectrum worked on the robot that will eventually roam the Longmont Public ...

Beyond bookshelves: Meet your public library’s robots The Westport, Ct. library has two robots that patrons can learn how to program.

Since the robots’ acquisition, the Westport Library has been featured on television and radio programs worldwide. The attention has been wonderful, Bleiweis said, but in some ways a surprise.

They can recognize faces, speak in 19 languages, even do tai chi. One Connecticut library will be using these toddler-sized robots to teach patrons coding and programming skills.

A robot named Bibli is seen at the Longmont Library on Monday. The robot was built in a collaboration between the Longmont Public Library and ROBAUTO, a robotics engineering firm. Bibli was ...

Click here if you are having trouble viewing the slideshow on a mobile device. MOUNTAIN VIEW — Only in Silicon Valley will a robot return your library books for you. Residents in downtown ...

Recently added to the Eugene Public Library's "Library of Things," the meowing robot cats are purrfect companions for people who have memory loss or live alone, according to library staff.

The robot has an integrated sound system allowing kids to sing and dance to songs. An entire library of stores is integrated into the robot and the Zenbo reads the stories in different voices.

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 ...