Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The study's findings hint at a future where robots aren't just teaching tools but could act as emotional buffers for children.

Amazon has acquired Fauna Robotics, a startup founded in 2024 that released a children-sized humanoid robot called Sprout in January. Humanoid robots are built to look and move like the human body, ...

For many children, the transition from learning to read to reading to learn is a crucial and sometimes nerve-wracking milestone. Reading aloud in class is intended to foster fluency and confidence, ...

A University of Chicago study suggests robots could offer a new kind of support to help kids eliminate anxiety about reading out loud. Macy is a writer on the AI Team. She covers how AI is changing ...