Social companion robots are no longer just science fiction. In classrooms, libraries and homes, these small machines are ...

For many children, the transition from learning to read to reading to learn is a crucial and sometimes nervewracking ...

UChicago study finds social robots could help students feel less stress when reading aloud, pointing to new uses for classroom technology ...

STORY: ''Hello I am NAO. Today I'm going to be your exercise companion.'' It's small in stature, but this robot could make a big difference for those on the road to recovery. Researchers have found ...

What happens to a social robot after it retires? Four years ago, we placed a small owl-shaped reading robot named Luka into 20 families’ homes. At the time, the children were preschoolers, just ...

There was no evidence a story about an AI robot fearing a lion was real. An image shared with the claim in September 2025 was AI-generated.