UChicago study finds social robots could help students feel less stress when reading aloud, pointing to new uses for ...

The study's findings hint at a future where robots aren't just teaching tools but could act as emotional buffers for children ...

Luka is a small, owl-shaped reading robot, designed to scan and read picture books aloud, making storytime more engaging for young children. In 2021, my colleague Rhonda McEwen and I set out to ...

Like a lot of children, my sons, Toby, 7, and Anton, 4, are obsessed with robots. In the children’s books they devour at bedtime, happy, helpful robots pop up more often than even dragons or dinosaurs ...

Social companion robots are no longer just science fiction. In classrooms, libraries and homes, these small machines are designed to read stories, play games or offer comfort to children. They promise ...

In celebration of its reopening Saturday afternoon, the Palo Alto Children's Library is taking steps to inspire a new ...

The books in Peter Brown’s “Wild Robot” trilogy were the first to wallop my son with the mix of tragedy and joy that define great art and also real life. “It made me sad that Roz had to leave ...

Transforming into vehicles or animal robots, Foldabots became a favorite from 2006, with each issue offering a new robot to ...