Makeblock’s mBot is an excellent toy for young programmers looking to challenge their knowledge and electronics skill in ...

Inspired by Lego, Tinybop’s Robot Factory encourages kids to design robots beyond their wildest imaginations. Kids shouldn’t be buying into a brand narrative. They should be creating the narratives ...

DFRobot, a company that has been building robots for the education market since 2008, this week introduced its first attempt at making a robot accessible to all children, with the debut of Vortex – an ...

Mattel Launches Kamigami Build and Code Robots for Kids Kids will be able to build the robot in an hour, program its behavior using a free app, and then start playing and battling them with friends.

For the past 10 years, Tara Heilman has kept a planner detailing every hour of her waking day. If you allow for eight hours of sleep each night, which, let’s be honest, is a dream scenario, that’s ...

As much as I love the idea of STEM toys–gadgets that try to teach science, technology, engineering and math to kids—many tend to fall into one of two unfortunate extremes. Either they’re too ...

It used to be that if you gave a 3Doodler Start to a child, you'd have to throw them some stencils or otherwise pray they were creative enough to make something neat. Not so anymore. Eager to empower ...

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If you also believe that children are our future, know that robots will be right alongside them. New research offers a glimpse at a that future where robots could become an important social and ...

Researchers have built a robot, named Minnie, to serve as a reading buddy to middle school kids, and Minnie's new friends grew more excited about books and more attached to the robot over two weeks of ...

The study's findings hint at a future where robots aren't just teaching tools but could act as emotional buffers for children. Learning to read is difficult, and reading aloud is anxiety inducing for ...

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 ...