Education

AR and VR are tools, not just for training, but also for evolving the nature of work in complex environments, observes PTC's Howard Heppelmann.

Companies, educational institutions, and governments join forces to explore new ways to address technology skills and labor shortages.

Philip Norman used to be an architect and a painter. Then he made an invention that could prove to be a game-changer for the way robots are built in the future.

Meet the three Wild Card entries in the IBM Watson AI XPRIZE, which join a competition designed to develop and apply AI to a wide range of problems.

Not only can robot kits help teach children with autism spectrum disorder about STEM subjects, but they can also enable caregivers to engage with certain children in new ways. Here are some examples.

Young designers from Pennsylvania recently won this year's FIRST Tech Challenge with their autonomous robots.

By retrofitting ride-on vehicles and stuffed toys, the University of North Florida is helping children with disabilities be more engaged with their surroundings.

Jim Tung, a fellow from Mathworks, a leading developer of mathematical computing software, breaks down this cutting-edge technology. He lays out AI’s profound implications for virtually every sector of the economy.

The TurtleBot 2i, a modular ROS-based robot powered by Intel Joule, enables the development of next-gen advanced robots.

Toyota Research Institute's Gill Pratt won the Engelberger Robotics Awards for Leadership, while MIT CSAIL's Daniel Rus takes home the Engelberger Robotics Awards for Education.