We occupy a world where human-robot interaction is constantly evolving. This means that learning to interact with machines at an early stage can confer many advantages. Through the programme, grade ...

Virginia Tech researchers received a grant worth more than $500,000 from the National Science Foundation to expand robot ...

The first step of Codefi's coding camp was for campers to name their robots. The bots themselves were little white shells on wheels, called Finches, specially designed for classroom use, and the third ...

Robin is a therapeutic robot programed to act like a 7-year-old girl as it travels around nursing homes and hospitals ...

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 ...

First Lady Melania Trump launched Fostering the Future Together—a global coalition of nations committed to enhancing the well-being of children through ...

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 ...

When children are chronically ill and unable to attend school, it’s not just the illness that can be debilitating — the separation from the classroom and friends can also take a toll. For young people ...

STANFORD, Calif. (Ivanhoe Newswire) - A recent peer-reviewed study indicates that children who spend time with therapy dogs can lower their stress even more than relaxation exercises. That outcome ...

Robin is a therapeutic robot programed to act like a 7-year-old girl as it travels around nursing homes and hospitals’ pediatric units providing emotional support while helping to combat staffing shor ...