Watch out for the robo-bop. Appalling footage shows the moment that a robot accidentally slapped a child in the face during a dance demonstration gone awry. The “hit” routine went down on March 21 in ...

A bizarre video from China shows the moment a robot slapped a child in the face during a botched dance performance. The ...

The First Lady sees AI and robotics playing a prominent role in the future of American education.

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 ...

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 ...

UChicago scientists team up with Chicago Public Schools to test if robots need fictional personalities to teach effectively ...

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?

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Adding robots to therapy can help autistic children develop foundational social skills like taking turns, making eye contact, and ...

As first lady, Melania Trump promotes opportunities for foster children, argues for the eradication of online bullying and ...

A group of researchers from Cambridge University has recently found out that a robot can help children open up their feelings easily during a mental health assessment. It might sound like it is taken ...

There are things that are exclusively something that you'd say "only in Japan" which is reflected in my headline, where today I saw Reuters sharing a video of "Pedia_Roid": a lifelike child-looking ...

Robots can be better at detecting mental wellbeing issues in children than parent-reported or self-reported testing, a new study suggests. Robots can be better at detecting mental wellbeing issues in ...