Sphero has announced its latest connected toy, but this one isn’t a rolling robot ball or tube, it’s an interactive Spider-Man figure which responds to speech. The silicone toy features voice ...

And it's another toy built in partnership with Disney. Meet Sphero's Spider-Man, a replica of the beloved Marvel superhero than listens and responds to your voice commands.

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Weller says he created the spider's legs from 3/8-inch plastic sheet stock on a 3-axis CNC mill. But it can also be made by a 3-D printer such as Makerbot and RepRap.

Spider-Man is sitting on the table. He's telling me a long story. I'm listening, and sometimes we talk. It's a nice time we're having. Sphero is a company that makes robots, and remote-control toys.

You may be familiar with the Hexbug Spider, a small electronic robot toy sold at Target and Walmart for $20. While they’re able to be commanded to move forward, backward, ...

Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9’s regular roundup of the latest in all things cool, shiny, and plastic. This week: Lego gets its head in the Star Wars games with some cool new collectibles.

The four legged robots scuttle quite rapidly, and the advertised hour of battery life is impressive for a “toy,” although the $329 price tag pushes this past the typical toy range.

Steampunk Robots: Beautiful Toy Nightmares Belgian sculptor and animator Stephane Halleux builds amazing steampunk models and robots, from this menacing spider to the yard-high robot horse and rider.

There will be no shortage at Toy Fair next month of robots and gadgets promising artificial intelligence — and generally falling short. But a more modest approach from an actual AI researcher ...