Watch out for the robo-bop. Appalling footage shows the moment that a robot accidentally slapped a child in the face during a dance demonstration gone awry. The “hit” routine went down on March 21 in ...

This is the shocking moment a humanoid robot wearing a clown wig kicked a child in the stomach during a martial arts show in China. The robot wearing an afro wig was giving a unique martial arts ...

AI companion toys for neurodivergent children promise connection and therapy, but can they deliver for the long haul?

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Screenshot of video by Shanghai Daily on X When you talk about robots being trained in combat and martial arts, people instantly ...

In the latest “isn’t everything moving a bit fast?” news, we learn that little robot avatars of children who, for various reasons, can’t or won’t go into schools are present in classrooms across the ...

There are constantly jokes about the day the robot uprising will take place and they’ll annihilate the human race. How many movies did kids watch in the ’90s and ’00s that showed us what could happen ...

The adult world is ever more full of robots. Children’s entertainment feels as if it’s working hard to make them seem adorable. By Diego Hadis One near certainty about raising a young child these days ...

Social robots are efficacious and effective for children with autism, according to a study published online Dec. 24 in Science Robotics. Daniel David, Ph.D., from Babes-Bolyai University in ...