Mind Children Robotics, a Seattle-area startup co-founded by AGI researcher Ben Goertzel, is building Codey — a child-sized social robot priced under $10,000 and aimed at classrooms, hospitals and ...

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 ...

Mind Children, a Seattle startup, is developing Codey, a humanoid robot, for classrooms and elderly home care facilities.

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Kids Explore Robotics, co-founded by Vinod Agrawal, offers hands-on robotics education for children, including year-round classes and a Summer Robotics Camp available both ...

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?

Robotic reading companions may soon help children overcome one of the most anxious stages in education. University of Chicago PhD student Lauren Wright and her research team investigated how ...

A University of Chicago study suggests robots could offer a new kind of support to help kids eliminate anxiety about reading out loud. Macy is a writer on the AI Team. She covers how AI is changing ...

Team KAAmazing Robotics, a group of eight- and nine-year-olds from Zebra Robotics in Kitchener, Ont., won gold in the junior ...

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 ...

People on the autism spectrum function differently, and find it more difficult to identify the human emotions of their peers. Educators therefore try to clarify feelings and vocabulary with children ...