Thirteen-year-old Sierra is one of about 30 members on Team 1720 PhXTGears, a local robotics team that shows kids how to use tools to build robots for competition.

But now, with the growing emphasis on STEM, programming languages may soon be just as important as spoken language. Enter Vortex, the robotic toy for kids , that teaches them how to program and ...

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.

Robotics kits are a great way to get folks , young and old, interested in hacking and learning the basics. Quite often, the cost puts them off – it’s no fun if you mess things up while … ...

Mayor Muriel Bowser joined a lesson in Northeast DC as she calls for increased education spending in a tight budget year.

A group of children gathered at the Verdugo Log Cabin in Burbank on Thursday for the first day of a two-month course in which they’ll learn to build mini-robots, which eventually can function as ...

Robotics camp in Humble to teach kids engineering, programing skills By Melanie Feuk July 14, 2015 Tech it Out Robotics camp teaches kids about robotics and engineering through hands-on activities ...

MOSS is a modular building toy that allows anyone to easily build semi-intelligent robotic creations without the need for a computer, programming know-how, or any prior experience with building bots.

A simple program. Anki Robots that do kids’ bidding. Cozmo joins other kid-friendly programmable robots already on the market, like LEGO Mindstorms EV3.

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 ...

Dozens of school-age kids gathered at the Tech Museum in downtown San Jose on Saturday for... Kids learn computer programming at Hack the Future SF Gate Logo Hearst Newspapers Logo ...