The “sad dad” game has a long history. The genre was rooted in games like Ico, a 2001 adventure in which a boy helps a young ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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?

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 ...

A massive security lapse landed the toy industry in the crosshairs of Capitol Hill last week. U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) launched a formal investigation ...

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 ...

A child watching a robot provide accurate or inaccurate information. Credit: SUTD In this digital age, children are exposed to overwhelming amounts of information online, some of it unverified and ...

He’s a Carolina blue color with big floppy rabbit ears, and when the furry creature is happy, those ears go straight up. When he’s mad, his green eyes turn a devilish red. Equipped with a movable ...

The FINANCIAL — Robots can be better at detecting mental wellbeing issues in children than parent-reported or self-reported testing, a new study suggests according to University of Cambridge. The ...