Social companion robots are no longer just science fiction. For example, after a children's reading robot became inactive, most households chose to keep it.

UChicago study finds social robots could help students feel less stress when reading aloud, pointing to new uses for ...

Companion robots like Luka, designed for reading to children, are evolving beyond their intended function. Families in Canada ...

For many children, the transition from learning to read to reading to learn is a crucial and sometimes nervewracking ...

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While the rise of artificial intelligence is proving to be a contentious issue, new research from Edith Cowan University (ECU) has found that the use of social robots in a commercial setting would ...

Gerald K. LeTendre receives funding from Harry L. Batschelet II Endowed Chair within the College of Education, The Pennsylvania State University Some experts believe these robots could become “as ...

In recent years, artificial intelligence (AI) has taken massive strides toward replicating the intricacies of human cognition and behavior.

Herold is currently Director of Policy Research and Education at the Healthspan Action Coalition and editor-in-chief of the Healthspan Compass newsletter. Her latest book is Robots and the People Who ...

Clara Berridge, a gerontologist at the University of Washington, Seattle, recalls a story told by a colleague to a group of health-care and social-work students. Nature Outlook: Robotics and ...

Problems of racial and gender bias in artificial intelligence algorithms and the data used to train large language models like ChatGPT have drawn the attention of researchers and generated headlines.

Problems of racial and gender bias in artificial intelligence algorithms and the data used to train large language models like ChatGPT have drawn the attention of researchers and generated headlines.