The robots, stomping their little feet and making tiny R2-D2 noises, sat, fell down dead for a "nap," and summersaulted on ...

Pollen Robotics’ $399 Microduck pairs a game controller with programmable movement. New orders have a four-to-six-month estimate, not a Christmas promise.

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

Social robots can be a non-threatening way for children to improve their reading skills, researchers say. Meeting key learning targets in primary school is important, and the early years are the best ...

Social robots are efficacious and effective for children with autism, according to a study published online Dec. 24 in Science Robotics. Daniel David, Ph.D., from Babes-Bolyai University in ...

Adding robots to therapy can help autistic children develop foundational social skills like taking turns, making eye contact, and paying attention. Researchers in Europe added a learning robot to ...

The success rate of robots in completing language tasks such as “be near green pillar” and “push left magenta dumbbell,” over 60,000 epochs. Robots that were rewarded for satisfying their curiosity ...

A new technology developed in Switzerland could create a motor that's only as thick as a human hair, but capable of following ...