New research from Public Interest Research Group and tests conducted by NBC News found that a wide range of AI toys have ...

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 ...

Movia is looking to use robots paired with software to help children with autism and other developmental and intellectual disabilities learn new skills. Its TheraPal Home and TheraPal Clinical Assist ...

The following is an excerpt from The New Breed: What Our History With Animals Reveals About Our Future With Robots by Kate Darling. The Huggable is a soft, fully animated blue teddy bear with a green ...

Children in the study interacted with different animated images. (UW Image) Kids taught to say “Bungo” to get a smart assistant to speed up know they are talking to a robot and don’t use the same tone ...

The 21st century may not involve flying cars just yet, but there are still plenty of technological advances in the machine world that can make your life easier right now. Here are 10 tasks that robots ...

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 ...