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Kids need to learn how to code. It’s the common adage around modern education. And of course it would be great if all kids learned a programming language or two before they graduated high school, but ...

PINT-size students at an Adelaide early learning centre are learning basic computer programming from a humanoid robot — one part of a brother and sister duo worth $24,000. Here’s how it is working out ...

Dan Shapiro’s Robot Turtles board game Kickstarter showed there is serious appetite for kids’ games that aren’t just fun to play with but also sneakily teach core coding principles. Instead of the $25 ...

We tend to teach children skills we deem basic and necessary from a young age — reading, writing, and arithmetic are quickly covered within a child’s first few years of education. But now, with the ...

Pepper, the humanoid robot, isn’t shy. “I’m very happy you are all here today,” the robot said to a crowd at English High School in Boston Monday. Pepper dances, gives high fives and fist bumps to ...

Researchers have developed a smartphone app that allows a user to easily program any robot to perform a task, dramatically bringing down the costs of building and programming mobile robots. If any ...

One of the most impressive developments in recent years has been the production of AI systems that can teach themselves to master the rules of a larger system. Notable successes have included ...