Toys that teach kids to code are as hot in 2017 as Cabbage Patch Kids were in 1983, and for good reason. For today's generation of children, learning how to program is even more important than ...

Teaching code — Robot Inventor supports programming the robots using both the Scratch drag-and-drop language as well as Python. The idea is that children will learn the fundamentals of computer ...

Lego has been experimenting with robots since the mid-80s, leading up to the use of the Mindstorms brand to teach kids not only how to construct their own robots but how to program them as well.

Kids can program without needing to know spelling or typing. Children can add voice recordings, programming the robots to perform a set of actions and then speak in the child’s own voice.

Coding language: Most kids’ robots use a block-based programming language that lets kids learn basic concepts such as conditionals, loops and functions, just by dragging boxes around a screen.

Play-i wants its robots in the hands of kids for testing and feedback. The company is planning to put them into an after school program for girls called Techbridge, based in Oakland, Calif.

Technology Robots Now kids can easily program a complex robot to recognize a smile Anki’s cute Cozmo bot is finally programmable by the rest of us. By Rob Verger Published Jun 28, 2017 1:09 AM EDT ...

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.

A living-room kill switch, simple enough for kids to use, short-circuits electricity so robots would stop working. The designers imagine the kill switches becoming as common as smoke detectors.