CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – Parents seeking help in encouraging toddlers to be physically active may soon need to look no further than an inexpensive robotic buddy for their kids, a new study by Oregon ...

Social companion robots are no longer just science fiction. In classrooms, libraries and homes, these small machines are ...

Kids across India can’t get enough of Vir the Robot Boy, the animated hero who’s taken screens and imaginations by storm.

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 ...

A new pilot project at two Calgary schools aims to allow children who may have never walked before to do so with a little ...

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 ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Being a baby is harder than it looks. Born into the world knowing almost nothing, they spend their first few years getting a PhD in navigating a physical environment. Likewise, ...

SwitchBot's adorable AI-powered robot pets Noa and Niko are winning one of our IFA 2025 awards for these reasons.

Researchers found that working with a humanoid robot can change how our brains map the body, making its hand feel like part ...

When he was 13, John Davies noticed he was looking at the ground a lot. His mom, Nicola Davies, thought he just had a posture problem from playing too many video games. She said she spent 16 months ...