Adding robots to therapy can help autistic children develop foundational social skills like taking turns, making eye contact, ...

Jeremiah Kithinji had never touched a computer before he finished high school. A decade later, he is teaching robotics, and ...

Claire chatted to Elmira Yadollahi from Lancaster University about how children interact with and relate to robots.

By Meredith BowerDirector of CommunicationsMcDonogh School When McDonogh School’s robotics team, Electric Slide, hosted a pumpkin chuckin' booth at the ...

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 ...

Staff and students at Dr. Edward L. Whigham Elementary School in Cutler Bay take pride in their robotics program. The ...

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, ...

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?

Friendly robots, the ones people love to love, are quirky: R2-D2, C-3PO, WALL-E, BB-8, Marvin, Roz and Baymax. They're ...