Root is a coding term, he said, and it also refers to education, as in that’s how you grow, start at the root and grow up. "It's also Root takes the 'BS' out of 'Robots,'" he added with a laugh.

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 ...

advertisement 07-13-2015 TECH Can These Tiny Robots Teach Fourth Graders How To Code? LocoRobo is an early-stage startup using robotic toys to teach kids the fundamentals of programming.

If Pramod Abichandani succeeds, swarms of tiny robots will invade grade school classrooms throughout the Philadelphia area. While he’s far from an evil genius, Abichandani did have a wild idea a few ...

With Code Lab, users can program machine using Scratch Blocks tools. A new update to Cozmo will let users program the robot by using Scratch Blocks, a learning tool developed by Google and MIT ...

The $199 robot is currently only available on a small print run using 3D printing technology, but it is hoped that it can be mass-produced and made available to schools everywhere as early as 2017.

Sphero's rotund robot can run mazes, light up, or beep like BB-8, but it is designed to help children learn how to code.

Meet My Loopy. It’s a three-inch tall, green and blue robot, with a white dome on top of its head that lights up. It’s from the planet “Loopitron,” and it landed here to teach children as young as ...

Unfortunately, coding is hard and often abstract. To that end, some researchers at Harvard’s Wyss Institute have built Root, a robot that “brings coding to life.” ...

Glenmont Elementary School is taking part in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in a different and creative way. The students learned how to code robots over the last two months. Each robot was ...