A team of Purdue students and faculty recommends these microelectronic-focused toys for developing STEM skills ...

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 ...

The products range from programmable rovers to books that introduce the terminology of robotics and circuitry to childen. Purdue University Inspire Research Institute for Pre-College Engineering Each ...

Those viral Chez Robots are everywhere this summer — including summer camp. Eleven kids aged 7 to 10 attended summer camp last week, keeping cool and giving a voice to their very own “viral robot,” ...

Unlike many STEM toys that rely heavily on building-block pieces, the Rider kit is ready to use out of the box and you don’t need to spend time assembling the robot. It might be a disappointment if ...

Unfortunately, [Dave Niewinski]’s kids are still too little to go on a real roller coaster. But they’re certainly big enough to be tossed around by this giant robot arm roller coaster simulator. As to ...

Sunday Robotics has a new way to train robots to do common household tasks. The startup plans to put its fully autonomous ...

We humans have mastered fire, split the atom, and shot ourselves into space. We've built machines that can outthink us and tools that can cook us lunch or cut open our chests to perform life-saving ...

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 ...