Parents often buy cool robot toys for their children with the hopes that it will spark an interest in science and engineering. I know because I was one of them. But often parents are left disappointed as these bots are nothing more than remote control droids. Yet, I still believe robots carry a high potential for learning through play.
With the help of four tester families, boys and girls ranging from five to 11 years of age, tested as many robots as possible in the past year in order to explore the learning potential and how much adult support might be needed. Some robots were played with for 10 hours and some for over 500 hours as the robots varied in complexity and function. We specifically looked for toys that had the power to really engage kids, would challenge them, but at the same time leave them feeling accomplished and excited for the more ways to learn.
We are living in a world of technology and surely parents today want their children to be efficient in technology and in order to achieve that toys made from modern technology can be provided to the children which will excite them about their working of favorite toy and add enthusiasm about its technology.
The best way to teach the children about modern technology is to give them robot toys like the dinosaur robots, dog robots, etc. which will teach them about the interaction with the world and the modern technology.
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