The study of children's interactions with robots was carried out at the Norwegian research fair held in every major city. It is an annual national event where children gain insight into science and ...

KidWorks USA, at 8155 W. 28th Avenue, offers classroom programs from pre‑kindergarten through 7th grade and plans to add 8th ...

Man versus machine? If kids had to pick, humans might be out of luck. Children are more inclined to trust machines than adults and may, as a result, learn better from bots, according to recent ...

(TNS) — Four-year-old Roisin Connell practiced learning her shapes and colors with the help of a new friend — a MOVIA robot designed to give her positive feedback as she learns. Roisin and other ...

STEVENAGE, England — Eden Sawczenko used to recoil when other little girls held her hand and turned stiff when they hugged her. This year, the 4-year-old autistic girl began playing with a robot that ...

The following is an excerpt from The New Breed: What Our History With Animals Reveals About Our Future With Robots by Kate Darling. The Huggable is a soft, fully animated blue teddy bear with a green ...

A University of Chicago study suggests robots could offer a new kind of support to help kids eliminate anxiety about reading out loud. Macy is a writer on the AI Team. She covers how AI is changing ...

Jeremiah Kithinji had never touched a computer before he finished high school. A decade later, he is teaching robotics, and even took a team of Kenyans from Laikipia county to the World Robotics ...

A team of University of California researchers is working to improve telepresence robots and the algorithms that drive them to help children with disabilities stay connected to their classmates, ...

In the new animated film, "Arco," a time-traveling boy gets trapped in the year 2075 and must evade captors, robots and wildfires. NPR's Scott Simon talks to writer and director Ugo Bienvenu.

Robots can be better at detecting mental wellbeing issues in children than parent-reported or self-reported testing, a new study suggests. Robots can be better at detecting mental wellbeing issues in ...

One of the difficult things that children have to do is to figure out the types of things they can expect from the things in their world. This is actually a complex task. Children have to learn that ...