Teacher Brooke Miller instructs students Bennett Myers, center, and his classmate Leo Weng on the March Madness Dash-ketball activity, at Bon Air Elementary School in Lower Burrell on March 31.

Dash Robotics makes small bio-inspired robots that teach kids how to program while they play.

Meadow Lane fifth graders tested out their coding knowledge Thursday by programming small, blue robots to hit plastic bowling pins and avoid obstacles.

So Dr. Young says we need to make our machines understandable &#8212 through social cues. “If a robot has eyes, it should direct them at the task or person at hand,” Young said.