A customizable AI toy robot, SkoBot, teaches Anishinaabemowin to Indigenous children through interactive voice learning.
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July 26, 2026 at 9:12 AM
A customizable AI toy robot, SkoBot, teaches Anishinaabemowin to Indigenous children through interactive voice learning.
That's why she invented the SkoBot. It's a customizable toy robot designed to get Indigenous children excited to learn their languages.
"I can say 'Hey SkoBot, what is bear?' And it will say, 'Bear is makwa, makwa,' and it'll repeat it, right?'"
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"I can say 'Hey SkoBot, what is bear?' And it will say, 'Bear is makwa, makwa,' and it'll repeat it, right?'"
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Meet the robots programmed by kids to speak their Indigenous languages
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.
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July 27, 2026 at 2:01 PM
That's why she invented the SkoBot. It's a customizable toy robot designed to get Indigenous children excited to learn their languages.
"I can say 'Hey SkoBot, what is bear?' And it will say, 'Bear is makwa, makwa,' and it'll repeat it, right?'"
www.kunc.org/npr-news/202...
"I can say 'Hey SkoBot, what is bear?' And it will say, 'Bear is makwa, makwa,' and it'll repeat it, right?'"
www.kunc.org/npr-news/202...
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August 6, 2026 at 9:06 AM
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Hometro Cinta de Correr Electrica
329,99 € → 205,83 € (-38%)
https://amazflash.com/sKobot?tag=maschollo04-21?f=t
👆🏼 ¡Link de todos los chollos en la bio!
Hometro Cinta de Correr Electrica
329,99 € → 205,83 € (-38%)
https://amazflash.com/sKobot?tag=maschollo04-21?f=t
👆🏼 ¡Link de todos los chollos en la bio!
A young Anishinaabe roboticist has created a new language teaching robot, SkoBot, designed to be an interactive way for children to learn and preserve their indigenous languages.
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This new tech could save old languages from dying out | CNN Business
Like many of the young people in her Indigenous Anishinaabe community in the upper peninsula of Michigan, Danielle Boyer grew up speaking only a little of her people’s native language,…
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December 7, 2025 at 8:35 PM
A young Anishinaabe roboticist has created a new language teaching robot, SkoBot, designed to be an interactive way for children to learn and preserve their indigenous languages.
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“Danielle Boyer, a 24-year-old Anishinaabe roboticist, designed the “Skobot” to converse in endangered Indigenous languages, thereby helping to keep them alive. Made of brightly colored plastic, the bots are customizable and often adorned with accessories from pink tutus to top hats. ...
November 30, 2025 at 8:35 PM
“Danielle Boyer, a 24-year-old Anishinaabe roboticist, designed the “Skobot” to converse in endangered Indigenous languages, thereby helping to keep them alive. Made of brightly colored plastic, the bots are customizable and often adorned with accessories from pink tutus to top hats. ...
Skobot: A robot designed to help preserve indigenous languages
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Can A.I. Help Revitalize Indigenous Languages?
Indigenous researchers and roboticists are crafting innovative tools to help save endangered dialects
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November 30, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Skobot: A robot designed to help preserve indigenous languages
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Students trained a robot to help preserve their language. www.optimistdaily.com/2026/08/the-...
The robots kids build to preserve Native American languages | The Optimist Daily
Danielle Boyer invented SkoBot so Indigenous kids could program robots to teach their own languages without surrendering sacred knowledge to big tech companies.
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August 6, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Students trained a robot to help preserve their language. www.optimistdaily.com/2026/08/the-...
"Tribal sovereignty should be at the core of work with Indigenous languages." So excited to listen to inventor @danielleboyer.bsky.social speak at #LT4All #LanguageTechnologiesForAll, speaking truth to power about Indigenous language revitalization technology! ✊🏽🔥 Miigwech, Danielle!
February 26, 2025 at 11:39 AM
"Tribal sovereignty should be at the core of work with Indigenous languages." So excited to listen to inventor @danielleboyer.bsky.social speak at #LT4All #LanguageTechnologiesForAll, speaking truth to power about Indigenous language revitalization technology! ✊🏽🔥 Miigwech, Danielle!
The idea came to #Boyer (#SaultSteMarie, #MI) in a toy store, then she invented the #SkoBot. It's a customizable toy robot designed to get #Indigenous children excited to learn their #languages. www.npr.org/2026/07/26/n...
Meet the robots programmed by kids to speak their Indigenous languages
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.
www.npr.org
July 29, 2026 at 11:22 AM
The idea came to #Boyer (#SaultSteMarie, #MI) in a toy store, then she invented the #SkoBot. It's a customizable toy robot designed to get #Indigenous children excited to learn their #languages. www.npr.org/2026/07/26/n...
they're just lazy and greedy and shaming them is always correct. There are people out there who give a damn about building a thoughtfully stewarded relationship with technology, who value creativity and humanity, and that has to count for something.
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Rise of the robots (to revive Indigenous languages)
To help preserve disappearing languages, robotics designer Danielle Boyer created Skobot, a wearable robot to teach young people Indigenous languages
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April 9, 2026 at 2:27 AM
they're just lazy and greedy and shaming them is always correct. There are people out there who give a damn about building a thoughtfully stewarded relationship with technology, who value creativity and humanity, and that has to count for something.
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Speaking of data collection, a detail I always look for in projects like this is the data: where does it come from? Who benefits from it? Who decides how it's used? I can't find specific info on their methods, but I think their stated principles are spot-on:
November 11, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Speaking of data collection, a detail I always look for in projects like this is the data: where does it come from? Who benefits from it? Who decides how it's used? I can't find specific info on their methods, but I think their stated principles are spot-on:
For some context: Launched in 2021, the SkoBot is "a personal, wearable, and interactive Indigenous language revitalization robot". It responds to English words with recordings in the endangered Indigenous language Anishinaabemowin. The team is small, and is youth- and Indigenous-led.
November 11, 2025 at 10:38 PM
For some context: Launched in 2021, the SkoBot is "a personal, wearable, and interactive Indigenous language revitalization robot". It responds to English words with recordings in the endangered Indigenous language Anishinaabemowin. The team is small, and is youth- and Indigenous-led.
Normally "here's an AI robot that talks to kids to teach them a language" would be a hard no from me. But I found one that I think is great, and I want to talk about why.
The SkoBot is a language revitalization robot, led by Ashinaabe engineer @danielleboyer.bsky.social
Here's what I like: 🧵
The SkoBot is a language revitalization robot, led by Ashinaabe engineer @danielleboyer.bsky.social
Here's what I like: 🧵
November 11, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Normally "here's an AI robot that talks to kids to teach them a language" would be a hard no from me. But I found one that I think is great, and I want to talk about why.
The SkoBot is a language revitalization robot, led by Ashinaabe engineer @danielleboyer.bsky.social
Here's what I like: 🧵
The SkoBot is a language revitalization robot, led by Ashinaabe engineer @danielleboyer.bsky.social
Here's what I like: 🧵
I want a skobot so badly, I have NO ONE to talk to in my own language in New Jersey 😭
March 31, 2025 at 11:13 PM
I want a skobot so badly, I have NO ONE to talk to in my own language in New Jersey 😭
Skobot is the best
November 7, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Skobot is the best