Robots can be better at detecting mental wellbeing issues in children than parent-reported or self-reported testing, a new study suggests. Robots can be better at detecting mental wellbeing issues in ...

Man versus machine? If kids had to pick, humans might be out of luck. Children are more inclined to trust machines than adults and may, as a result, learn better from bots, according to recent ...

A group of researchers from Cambridge University has recently found out that a robot can help children open up their feelings easily during a mental health assessment. It might sound like it is taken ...

A child watching a robot provide accurate or inaccurate information. Credit: SUTD In this digital age, children are exposed to overwhelming amounts of information online, some of it unverified and ...

Students with learning disabilities (LD) struggle with particular skills like reading, writing, or mathematics and often require additional, individualized support to fill educational gaps. A team of ...

Researchers in Switzerland have designed a system where children teach robot students how to write, and in the process improve their own handwriting skills. This learning by teaching paradigm, they ...

A new study finds a visit from human-controlled robot encourages a positive outlook and improves medical interactions for hospitalized children. A new study from UCLA finds a visit from ...

This story is adapted from The Love Makers, by Aifric Campbell. Childcare is the most intimate of activities. Evolution has generated drives so powerful that we will risk our lives to protect not only ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An international research team has now found it's not just in fiction. In a study involving 111 kids aged between 3 and 6 years ...