This cute robot can entertain, and educate, for the price of a flagship phone

While it’s not the most advanced humanoid robot we’ve seen, its price — a little more than many flagship smartphones — makes ...

Chinese startup shows off a dancing humanoid robot that starts at $1,400

For roughly the same price as a flagship smartphone, you could instead buy an affordable humanoid robot that's meant for consumer and educational use. Noetix Robotics, a Beijing-based startup, ...
The Spokesman-Review

With a dancing robot and autonomous submarine, UI’s robotics program is settling into its new space at North Idaho College

The first law of robotics, according to science fiction, is that robots may never harm a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. The first “rule” of robotics in John ...
Engadget

Kids' bot breaks into a dance to teach them how to code

DIY robots are becoming the gateway to coding. Over the last couple of years, a new wave of cute-faced bots has taken shape to make programming languages fun for kids. Instead of dense textbooks and ...
CNET

These Disney princess and puppy robots teach your kids to code

Disney's Belle adds programmable dance moves, while FurReal introduces a robot pet dog with a customized personality. Both are arriving from Hasbro this year. I started with CNET reviewing laptops in ...
Mashable

Are coding robots worth your kids' time?

Toy robots are nothing new. In the 1980s, the R2D2-like Tomy Verbot or the clunky Milton Bradley Big Trak let kids program their movements or actions using voice commands or a keypad. The marketing ...
NBC DFW

Students teach robotics and coding at Best summer camp

From the switches and circuits to the wheels and wires, the Best Robotics summer camp might look complicated and a bit chaotic. "I had no clue what robotics was, what a robot was, all I knew was he ...
WDRB

Central High School gets advanced robot for students to learn coding

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Students at Central High School have a new high tech friend to learn from. Ryan Pepper is a social robot who uses facial recognition and Artificial intelligence (AI) to ...
TweakTown

This dancing spider-robot will teach you programming

CES 2017 - Every year CES gathers many interesting startups and this year was no different. One of the most interesting things that caught our eyes is a little spider-robot that appeared to be dancing ...
WIBW

Students learning basics of coding and robotics at Topeka Public Schools Summer Enrichment program

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Rather than sitting at home and playing video games, 15 students who just completed third- through fifth-grades are learning about coding and robotics as part of the Topeka ...
Technical

What do coding and dancing have in common? These Philly students are taking the class to find out

Of all the youth extracurricular activities, dancing and coding are increasingly common. But have you ever seen a class that combines the two? The West Park Cultural Center is exercising adolescent ...
MIT Technology Review

A robot to teach coding—and build character

Marina Umaschi Bers, SM ’97, PhD ’01, was working as a journalist in her native Argentina in 1992 when an assignment put her in touch with MIT mathematician and computer scientist Seymour Papert—the ...