T esla’s humanoid robot is finally here—if you downsize expectations just a bit. It’s a 7-inch-tall toy, not the life-size bot that CEO Elon Musk started talking about years ago.

Nevertheless, there are still reasons to buy robot kits for these worldly kids. Building a friendly bot-toy helps children adapt even more readily to a changing world and develop STEM skills—in ...

The robot can pull facial expressions intended to show how medical procedures will make the child feel. Probo looks like a stuffed toy – but is much more than that.

We loved iRobot's coding robot, the rt1, and right now, you can get a similar model, the rt0, on sale for a huge discount—find out more.

In high school, Hajime Sakamoto was so obsessed with humanoid robots in the anime TV series Gundam, he assembled toy models of the machines. Today, the 46-year-old roboticist wants to build a full ...

From robot vacuums to robot dogs, here are 11 personal robots to know about now. We've found everything from home robots to robot toys to robots for kids.

They bought an $800 AI robot for their kids. Now the company is shutting down — and children are having to say goodbye. By Katie Notopoulos Senior Correspondent covering technology and culture ...

Whether it’s YouTube video recommendations, robotic toys or talking digital assistants like Amazon’s Alexa, there is a debate about how much tech products are designed to addict or even trick ...

But the researchers want more than just a simple toy that carries out a few pre-programmed routines or instructions — they want to create a robot that can adapt and even learn.

Bossa Nova designs robots, guided by research into how kids play. ... RHex, however, wasn’t a toy. It was a $20,000 robot funded by the DARPA, the Defense Department’s mad-science program.

ASPIR is the spiritual successor to Halley, the Ambassador Robot 001 (2015), a popular low-cost, open-source, 2.6-foot laser-cut humanoid robot ...

Skaff had always been interested in making toy robots. “It’s the best way to introduce robotics to the public,” he says. “And toys allow you unlimited creativity.” RHex, however, wasn ...