In Disney‘s animated film “Ron’s Gone Wrong,” tech CEO Marc Weidell (Justice Smith) unveils his newest invention, the B*Bot, a revolutionary robot designed to become a child’s best ...

Jack Grazer and Zach Galifianakis voice a boy and his robot in “Ron’s Gone Wrong,” a film that critiques children’s internet use.

Ron’s Gone Wrong follows middle-school student Barney, who has a hard time making friends. Everyone he knows has a B-Bot, a robot companion designed to algorithmically optimize friendships.

Barney is excited to get the present, but the B*Bot is defective. Barney later calls the robot Ron (voiced by Zach Galifianakis.) The film makes good use of Ron’s defects for comedy about the ...

Bubble, a not-at-all-subtle amalgam of Apple and Facebook, has invented the B*Bot, an R2-D2-size robot that plugs into children’s social-media accounts and becomes their constant sidekick ...