Bots for tots: Five robots that help kids learn

More than 18,000 kids competed in the FIRST Robotics Championship in St. Louis this April. Only 16% of American high-school seniors are proficient in mathematics, according to the U.S. Department of Education, and the U.S. ranks 31st in math and 24th in science globally, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. The FIRST Robotics Championship is one effort in a growing trend to redress the problem with robots, which make excellent education platforms and engage students in a way that textbooks don't. Here are five education bots that are making their way into classrooms and homes.








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