Meet the robots programmed by kids to speak their Indigenous languages
<img src=’https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/1804×1203+0+0/resize/1804×1203!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F66%2F72%2Fbd65deed44b2a291108a3682b7c0%2Fkmills-skobots-01-cropped.jpg’ alt=’Holden Hoy (right) is building a robot to help him learn the Ojibwe language Anishinaabemowin, an endangered Native American language. Hoy’s mentor, Danielle Boyer (left), is teaching him skills including coding and electrical circuitry.’/>
Many Native American languages are endangered. With the help of his mentor, a 12-year-old in Michigan hopes to help preserve his language through robotics.
(Image credit: Kadin Mills)
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