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?

Social robots can be a non-threatening way for children to improve their reading skills, researchers say.

Days after Meagan Brazil-Sheehan’s 6-year-old son was diagnosed with leukemia, they were walking down the halls of UMass Memorial Children’s Medical Center when they ran into Robin the Robot. “Luca, ...

Making safe and regulated humanoids is a core mission of the summit and participants.

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, ...

Robots are set to be introduced into classrooms in a West Yorkshire city, in an innovative move to support children who find it difficult to attend school. The robots will provide youngsters with the ...

When he was 13, John Davies noticed he was looking at the ground a lot. His mom, Nicola Davies, thought he just had a posture problem from playing too many video games. She said she spent 16 months ...

A team of Purdue students and faculty recommends these microelectronic-focused toys for developing STEM skills ...

When robotics firm Unitree made its G1 humanoid robot available for sale last year, it probably didn’t imagine someone turning it into a terrifying contraption fit for Halloween. But AI and robotics ...