Second and third grade students at Bon Air Elementary School in Lower Burrell are celebrating March Madness this week — but with a ping-pong basketball, a plexiglass court, paper displays of defenders ...

At a long drawing table in the Rolling Robots playroom a line of 4- and 5-year-olds in a “Bots for Tots” class are learning beginner coding concepts with a little help from a roving robot named Ozobot ...

Robots are taking over John Harris Elementary, but don’t worry, the students are in control. Gifted-education students are programming land rovers to get through an obstacle course of sorts. The ...

Building electric circuits has been a science-class staple for decades. Using copper wire, a 9-volt battery and a light bulb, students learn about the flow of electricity. That classic lesson is ...

If you try talking to young children about the joys of programming, you may witness eyes glazing over faster than ever. But mention robots and smartphone control, and see how laser-focused their ...

LAS VEGAS – You’ve seen apps and toys that promise to teach your child to code. Now enter the robots. At the CES electronics show in January, coding robots came out in force. One convention hall area ...

COLUMBIA — GlaDos the robot straightened out of its slouched position. Blue lighting rimmed its feet and what would be ears, except they were speakers. Seventh- and eighth-graders at Smithton Middle ...