For obvious reasons, current educational technology is focussed on AI tutors and platforms that promise personalized learning. But even with all that innovation, giving meaningful, scalable support to ...

AlphaBot 2 wants to beat humans at their own game. When the robot is asked if it wants to play dice, it can interpret the question and jump into action – pressing the button on an automatic dice ...

Days after Meagan Brazil-Sheehan’s 6-year-old son was diagnosed with leukemia, they were walking down the halls of UMass Memorial Children’s Medical Center when they ran into Robin the Robot. “Luca, ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. iRobot co-founder Colin Angle on the future of home robotics. Plus, the story of Thread with Grant Erickson, the ...

From left, engineering professor Morteza Lahijanian and graduate student Karan Muvvala watch as a robotic arm completes a task using wooden blocks. Imagine for a moment that you’re in an auto factory.