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Startup Embodied is closing down, and its product, an $800 robot for kids ages 5 to 10, will soon be bricked. Embodied blamed its closure on a failed “critical funding round.” On its website, it ...

Earlier this month, startup Embodied announced that it is going out of business and taking its Moxie robot with it. The $800 robots, aimed at providing emotional support for kids ages 5 to 10, would ...

Those viral Chez Robots are everywhere this summer — including summer camp. Eleven kids aged 7 to 10 attended summer camp last week, keeping cool and giving a voice to their very own “viral robot,” ...

Ready for a robot to take on those menial tasks — and much more? At a Tesla event on Thursday, Elon Musk showcased the latest robots that are getting better at being human-like. It’s comparable to ...

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 ...

Your kids are already masters of the digital world; now they can put those skills to use in the real world. In this week’s ...

Dean Kamen’s FIRST nonprofit has focused on STEM education for decades. Now it’s bringing robots to classrooms. Dean Kamen, the inventor of the Segway, is on a mission to inspire. He’s most famous for ...