OAKLAND (KPIX 5) Techno dance music filled the classroom at Roosevelt Middle School in Oakland, but the students weren't dancing. The sixth, seventh, and eighth graders had programmed small robots to ...

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 ...

Dobot is bringing factory-grade robotics into your living room with the launch of the Rover X1, the world’s first household intelligent robot priced at 7,499 yuan ($1,053). But this isn’t just another ...

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 ...

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

Coding has become a very popular skill for children of all ages to learn. Add in the idea of creating your own robotics, and you have a fun program to engage your child. I recently came across a ...

Kids need to learn how to code. It’s the common adage around modern education. And of course it would be great if all kids learned a programming language or two before they graduated high school, but ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...