For many people, the future inspires nightmare visions of a "robopocalypse," a time when humans become subjugated by their own creations: robot overlords that possess superior physical and ...

A University of Chicago study suggests robots could offer a new kind of support to help kids eliminate anxiety about reading out loud. Macy is a writer on the AI Team. She covers how AI is changing ...

Curious robots learn language in half the time, and their unplanned play and grammar mistakes hint at how children master ...

Social robots can be a non-threatening way for children to improve their reading skills, researchers say. Meeting key learning targets in primary school is important, and the early years are the best ...

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?

Vision-language-action models have become a go-to method for training robotic manipulation, but a growing body of deployment evidence suggests they plateau well below ...

Researchers developed a method for robots to learn tool use by analyzing ordinary two-angle videos. The approach focuses on tool behavior rather than mimicking human movement, enabling broader skill ...

Most robot headlines follow a familiar script: a machine masters one narrow trick in a controlled lab, then comes the bold promise that everything is about to change. I usually tune those stories out.

Code Ninjas in Cedar Park offers the chance for children ages 5 to 15 to learn about coding and robotics through its after-school program.