I built my first robot at age 7. It was made out of parts from an Erector set and stood about three feet tall. It had arms and legs and wheels under its feet. A (very weak) motor was supposed to ...

Wonder Workshop has deployed robots into 150 US schools to inspire kids to learn to code. The Dash and Dot robots are controlled using Android and iOS apps.

This robot, made of drinking straws, teaches kids how to hack. Kickstarter No need to “say ahh” in order to get your temperature taken anymore. The standard thermometer, once a rather ...

Their idea is to make learning how to program robots easy. "The question was, how can we make something that's fun, that's extremely inviting, and gets parents and kids into the magical world of ...

Dash and Dot are two button-cute robot toys that hope to empower children in an ever-connected world.

Find out how to build your own robot and make a friend for Robert the Robot from Justin's House! It's really easy and can be done using simple materials you might have in the house.

Sooner or later, our children will be raised by robots, so it's natural that Disney, purveyor of both robots and child-related goods, would want to get ahead of that trend. A trio of studies from ...

If you want to get kids' full undivided attention, you'll have to think of a fun way to do things. That's why a group of roboticists from Harvard's Wyss Institute created Root: a small hexagonal ...

The Shonkbot is what the team at Bristol Hackspace came up with for a robot that is obvious in its working and encouragingly easy to build, even for kids (with supervision).