For many children, the transition from learning to read to reading to learn is a crucial and sometimes nervewracking milestone. Reading aloud in class is intended to foster fluency and confidence, but ...

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 ...

Social robots are efficacious and effective for children with autism, according to a study published online Dec. 24 in Science Robotics. Daniel David, Ph.D., from Babes-Bolyai University in ...

A team of researchers has developed AI-powered virtual robots that learn to understand language more efficiently by rewarding curiosity rather than rote instruction, offering new insights into how ...

Adding robots to therapy can help autistic children develop foundational social skills like taking turns, making eye contact, and paying attention. Researchers in Europe added a learning robot to ...

The success rate of robots in completing language tasks such as “be near green pillar” and “push left magenta dumbbell,” over 60,000 epochs. Robots that were rewarded for satisfying their curiosity ...

A lightweight robotic device that facilitates neuromuscular recovery in children with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), helping them to stand unassisted, is published in Nature this week. Improved ...

The surprising connection between the mechanized mind and that of a child arises because of a study that suggests early learning is based not on conscious thought but rather on automatic ability to ...