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.

That’s amazing. His slightly rusting Spider-Pal is a little larger at 15 inches tall, and while it doesn’t have any extra accessories, the eyes on the robot light up to make it look alive.

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 ...

[youtube= 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, and spin a… ...

Tamashii Nations S.H. Figuarts Toei Tokusatsu’s Spider-Man Figures We’ve long loved Takuya Yamashiro, the wonderful, zany hero of Toei’s Tokusatsu Spider-Man series. Now, Bandai is giving ...

The toy line as a whole seems ripe for expansion – imagine an Iron Man Sphero that could have a chat with this Spider-Man?

Lego’s programmable robotics set Mindstorms is a fun toy for computing enthusiasts but if you really want to take it to the next level, check out Mark Weller’s project. Weller, a machinist and ...

Sphero's other robots don't have microphones yet, but ones could follow soon incorporating technology like what Spider-Man has.

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.

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.

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 ...

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