A floor-locked security robot is clearly limited for home monitoring, but the Ebo Air 2 boasts pet-friendly features that ...

Humanoid robot startups have bragged they'll ship or test thousands of robots by the year's end. So where are they?

If there’s one type of toy that has remained popular for many years, it’s dinosaur toys. These creatures offer a largely unrivaled appeal to children that has endured while trends come and go. From ...

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 ...

Kids across India can’t get enough of Vir the Robot Boy, the animated hero who’s taken screens and imaginations by storm.

"It's not so much about winning, it's just about having a good fight," says Becky Dowson, who has travelled to ...

Imagine an oversized claw machine at an arcade, but instead of trying to grab cheap toys, your prize is the assortment of waste that sinks to the bottom of the sea. That's essentially what an ...

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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 ...

Sometimes concepts that seem so awesome in one medium don't translate well into video games. Take Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots, for example. Many people have fond memories of playing with the toy when ...