I’ve seen them up close. They’ve overrun my home and it’s a safe bet they’ll soon overrun yours, too—especially if you have children between the ages of 8 and 12. I’m talking about toy robots, of ...

Why buy a toy when you can 3D print your own? Mattel (MAT) paired up with Autodesk, a maker of 3D design software, to debut its family-friendly ThingMaker 3D printer and design app. With it, kids can ...

We’re not quite at “The Jetsons” level of technology, where every home has a robot maid or butler — but robots can already make themselves useful around the house, from cleaning the windows to mowing ...

Like millions of other kids around the world, after seeing the original trilogy, R2-D2 instantly became my favorite Star Wars character. He seemed like the perfect sidekick, but the real Artoo was ...

Star Wars toys are announced during a special event called Force Friday that takes place a few months before the release of each movie, and robot company Sphero had two big surprises for fans this ...

Vikas Gupta is showing me his robot, a three-wheeled whirling dervish that vaguely reminds me of Pixar’s Wall-E and sounds like a Teletubbie. Its name is Dash, and there is no escaping its adorability ...

Sphero, a toy manufacturer known for making simple, programmable robots for kids, has launched a new spinoff business to develop AI and robotics for law enforcement, first responders, and other ...

Toy robot Zeno was designed to encourage the humanization of technology. Oct. 7, 2008— -- When roboticist David Hanson thinks of the future, he fears that man will accidentally create a ...

Look, I’m not trying to freak you out here. Well, OK, maybe a little. But think about it: We have computers all over the place. Your laptop or desktop PC; maybe you have a tablet too, maybe a ...

From Furbies to Cabbage Patch Dolls, the most successful toys have employed a variety of tricks to make us love them, and as Chris Baraniuk discovers, now these cues could shape future robots too. At ...