Adding robots to therapy can help autistic children develop foundational social skills like taking turns, making eye contact, ...

Robots can be better at detecting mental wellbeing issues in children than parent-reported or self-reported testing, a new study suggests. Robots can be better at detecting mental wellbeing issues in ...

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

The Moxie AI robot cost $800 and was marketed to parents to help teach children social skills. The company sent customers an email in late November announcing it would be shutting down. Parents of ...

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 ...

Find out how robot-assisted therapy for autism matches standard treatment outcomes while improving engagement and expanding ...

Man versus machine? If kids had to pick, humans might be out of luck. Children are more inclined to trust machines than adults and may, as a result, learn better from bots, according to recent ...

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 ...

Robots can be better at detecting mental wellbeing issues in children than parent-reported or self-reported testing, a new study suggests. A team of roboticists, computer scientists and psychiatrists ...