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BROWN UNIVERSITY'S Humanity-Centered Robotics Initiative is partnering with Hasbro to add artificial intelligence to the toy maker's Joy For All Companion Pets interactive toy cats and dogs to help senior citizens with medication reminders and other tasks. / COURTESY HASBRO INC.

NSF grant funds Hasbro-Brown robot-pet program to benefit elders

Technology 11/08/2017

PROVIDENCE – A National Science Foundation grant of $1 million will fund work by Brown University’s Humanity-Centered Robotics Initiative to design a smart-robot animal...

RIF ‘investment’ in state grows

Hot Topic 11/03/2017

The Rhode Island Foundation in recent years has increasingly taken a more active role as a community convener, planner and funder. That evolution, as...

HASBRO ANNOUNCED THE second HasCon, the company's in-house convention that debuted in September, will take place in September 2019. / PBN FILE PHOTO/NICOLE DOTZENROD

Hasbro plans second HasCon in 2019

Capital Goods 10/30/2017

PROVIDENCE –The second iteration of the HasCon event will take place Sept. 6-8, 2019, at the Rhode Island Convention Center and Dunkin’ Donuts Center,...

TOYS "R" US' bankruptcy filing affected both Hasbro Inc.'s and Mattel Inc.'s fourth quarter projections. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/LUKE SHARRETT

Toys ‘R’ Us bankruptcy hangs over toymakers as holidays approach

Capital Goods 10/30/2017

NEW YORK - When Toys “R” Us Inc. filed for bankruptcy last month, it vowed to keep operating stores, boosting investor optimism that the impact...

HASBRO INC. reported third-quarter profit of $265.6 million despite Toys R Us declaring bankruptcy during the period. Above, a scene from the first-ever HasCon Hasbro brands convention in Providence. / PBN FILE PHOTO/NICOLE DOTZENROD

Hasbro posts Q3 profit of $265.6M

Capital Goods 10/23/2017

PAWTUCKET – Hasbro Inc. reported third-quarter profit of $265.6 million Monday, a 3.7 percent increase year over year. Revenue for the quarter was $1.8 billion,...

CONDOMINIUMS ON FISHER Island are seen past the Arsos container ship in the port of Miami. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/ANDREW HARRER

Alan Hassenfeld buys $8.2 million home, showing Miami’s resilience

Capital Goods 09/26/2017

NEW YORK - A near-miss from Hurricane Irma doesn’t appear to have dented Miami’s appeal to Alan Hassenfeld. The former CEO of Monopoly maker Hasbro Inc....

TOYS "R" US INC. filed for bankruptcy Monday evening, surprising much of the toy industry. /BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/LUKE SHARRETT

Toys ‘R’ Us seeks bankruptcy, crushed by debt and online rivals

Capital Goods 09/19/2017

NEW YORK - Toys “R” Us Inc., the once-dominant specialty retailer and ultimate toyland for a generation of post-war baby boomers, filed for bankruptcy...

HasCon attendees and staff take turns throwing dice on a Monopoly board, one of many larger-than-life games at the event. PBN PHOTO/NICOLE DOTZENROD

First HasCon kicks off in Providence

Capital Goods 09/08/2017

PROVIDENCE - Hasbro Inc. kicked off its first-ever HasCon event Friday, a celebration of the company’s brands, which span from Transformers and Star Wars...

DPPC celebrates opening of Brandon’s Beach at Burnside Park

Nonprofit 08/18/2017

PROVIDENCE – Brandon’s Beach at Burnside Park, a new destination playground, was scheduled to be unveiled by the Downtown Providence Parks Conservancy during an...