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

What happens when a group of robotics industry veterans have kids? They have start a company specializing educational robots for kids, of course. Matatalab is fast carving a path for itself in the ...

Parents with kids stuck learning at home during the pandemic have had to look for alternative activities to promote the hands-on learning experiences kids are missing out on due to attending class ...

Toy robots are nothing new. In the 1980s, the R2D2-like Tomy Verbot or the clunky Milton Bradley Big Trak let kids program their movements or actions using voice commands or a keypad. The marketing ...

Hailing from somewhere between Silicon Valley and the Uncanny Valley, Hanson Robotics' Sophia is the unofficial face of robots right now. But while she's busy on UN business or hanging with Jimmy ...

Your kids are already masters of the digital world; now they can put those skills to use in the real world. In this week’s ...

AI-powered chatbots in children’s toys have reportedly been advising kids on how to deal with matches and where to find ...

MSR students look back on their time demonstrating projects to visitors at Chicago's Griffin Museum of Science and Industry David Khachatryan (MSR '25) was standing among dozens of roboticists and ...

To slightly modify the title of a well-known TV show: Kids do the darndest things. Recently, researchers from Germany and the U.K. carried out a study, published in the journal Science Robotics, that ...

Melle Odee found robotics after becoming a single mom to two toddlers whilst pregnant. She was looking for an activity to entertain her son beyond television. This is her story, as told to Kelly Burch ...