Once a five-person team, the robotics program has grown to 32 students and two teams, including a newly formed all-girls team ...

Ellen Siftar leads a potato battery activity Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, during 4-H at the Library at Parkland Community Library ...

Social robots are efficacious and effective for children with autism, according to a study published online Dec. 24 in Science Robotics.

X-Origin AI showcased Yonbo X1, a $570 ChatGPT-powered robot designed to help children learn through empathy, adaptability, ...

The presence of robots in schools is no longer surprising. How do elementary school children treat humanoid robots? Are they polite to them, and willing to attribute human-like qualities to them?

For many children, the transition from learning to read to reading to learn is a crucial and sometimes nerve-wracking milestone. Reading aloud in class is intended to foster fluency and confidence, ...

What happens to a social robot after it retires? Four years ago, we placed a small owl-shaped reading robot named Luka into 20 families’ homes. At the time, the children were preschoolers, just ...

The adult world is ever more full of robots. Children’s entertainment feels as if it’s working hard to make them seem adorable. By Diego Hadis One near certainty about raising a young child these days ...

The presence of robots in schools is no longer surprising. How do elementary school children treat humanoid robots? Are they polite to them, and willing to attribute human-like qualities to them?

A study of children with autism spectrum disorder found that a therapeutic intervention using robots was effective in improving their social development and participation in social activities. After ...