At UMass, the robot is very much a part of a team of support for patients. When Luca needed an IV after not getting one in a ...

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

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

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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?

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 ...