We love cheap stuff here. Who doesn’t? [Oscar Rodriguez Parra] does too, and wrote in to show us his super cheapey robot L.I.O.S. The build was for the AFRON design challenge, which involves ...
How would you feel if your child were being tutored by a robot? Social robots – robots that can talk and mimic and respond to human emotion – have been introduced into classrooms around the world.
and high-level robotics topics, electronics kits offer an affordable way to learn the basics of working with electronics: Children will be able to learn the different components of a circuit board ...
The research, conducted at the University of Plymouth, found that while adults were not swayed by robots, children were. The fact that children tended to trust robots without question raised ...
Robots are being used to give emotional support to children who struggle to go to school. The machines, being offered to pupils in Wirral, help pupils share their feelings using a microphone ...
Sony recently unveiled Toio, an educational robotics toy for young programmers. We all know Sony as an electronics giant, but they do dabble in robotics from time to time. The AIBO dog family is ...