Robotic reading companions may soon help children overcome one of the most anxious stages in education. University of Chicago PhD student Lauren Wright and her research team investigated how ...

Social robots can be a non-threatening way for children to improve their reading skills, researchers say.

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 ...

New research shows young children happily embrace friendly, customised reading robots, suggesting co-designed social ...

Social robots can be a non-threatening way for children to improve their reading skills, researchers say.Meeting key learning targets in primary ...

Humanoid robot “teaching assistants’’ that listen to children read are under development for classrooms, as busy parents shun reading stories to their own kids.

The presence of robots in schools is no longer surprising. How do elementary school children treat humanoid robots? Are they ...