The study's findings hint at a future where robots aren't just teaching tools but could act as emotional buffers for children. Learning to read is difficult, and reading aloud is anxiety inducing for ...

Learning to read is difficult, and reading aloud is anxiety inducing for plenty of kids. From not being able to pronounce a word, to being mocked by their peers for stumbling while speaking, reading ...

You could hardly deny that robots are everywhere these days. But for them to be useful, they still have to be programmed by people. Computer scientists in Germany are looking for ways to teach robots ...

Back and better than ever, the Cambridge Science Carnival , an annual free family-friendly science extravaganza, was held on ...

Learning has been a holy grail in robotics for decades. If these systems are going to thrive in unpredictable environments, they’ll need to do more than just respond to programming — they’ll need to ...

Teaching children with Autism Spectrum Disorder poses many challenges for special educators working in this area. One of these challenges is that the interventions needed are highly specific to each ...

The savvy marketers at Boston Dynamics produced two major robotics news cycles last week. The larger of the two was, naturally, the electric Atlas announcement. As I write this, the sub-40 second ...