The boy watched as the robot dinosaur hesitated in front of a cartoon river drawn on the table. He’d been told that his job was to encourage the robot. “Ahhh,” said the boy. “You can do it!” He ...

Movies often portray robots as the harbingers of something bad, whether they’re evil and want to take over the world (Terminator, I, Robot, The Matrix, etc.) or are being exploited by humans ...

While the world of The Wild Robot looks a bit scary and complicated, the story ends in a hopeful place. Sanders says it's incredibly important to him that kids feel that message when they leave ...

They are reading to kids, singing lullabies to them and even taking naps with them. Artificial Intelligence (AI) toys are coming into our homes, and these friendly robots are becoming more and ...

Scientists have built a robot that can serve as a reading buddy for kids, recommending books and reacting to stories as a human listener would. The robot, named Minnie, helped children be more ...

Technology Robots Adorable reading robot will get your kids away from tablets and back to books A smart owl unveiled at the Computer Electronics Show (CES) can read a large selection of picture ...

Nevertheless, there are still reasons to buy robot kits for these worldly kids. Building a friendly bot-toy helps children adapt even more readily to a changing world and develop STEM skills—in ...

RHex, however, wasn’t a toy. It was a $20,000 robot funded by the DARPA, the Defense Department’s mad-science program. Retrofitting the tech and making it cheaper took four years.

The Wild Robot, which tells the story of a robot who learns to live in the forest and befriends an adorable little gosling, hits theaters on September 27. It stars Pedro Pascal, Stephanie Hsu, and ...