A school in Japan is turning to robots to tackle rising truancy rates. The school in Kumamoto, southwest Japan, will allow absent students to control telepresence robots in the classroom. Officials ...

VOLUNTOWN - There’s a new robot at Voluntown Elementary School with the power to bring the classroom experience to students too ill to attend class. The unassuming telepresence technology, which ...

This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. Robots are increasingly being used to teach students in the classroom for a number of subjects across science, ...

(Medical Xpress)—Robots are being used as classroom buddies for children with autism in a groundbreaking initiative that aims to improve social interaction and communication. Max and Ben, two ...

NANTICOKE, Pa. — In Anthony Fleury's classroom, you'll find seniors from the Greater Nanticoke Area High School building robots from scratch. The project started about a month ago when Fleury placed ...

Robots in the classroom? At the Aurinkolahti school in Helsinki it’s already a reality. Pupils there are taught programming and even foreign languages by bionic tutors In 2006 Aldebaran Robotics made ...