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 ...

The presence of robots in schools is no longer surprising. How do elementary school children treat humanoid robots? Are they ...

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 ...

Social robots can be a non-threatening way for children to improve their reading skills, researchers say.

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, ...

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 ...