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 ...
Robots don’t grow on trees, but as one Japanese designer has proven, they can be made from trees. The artist known as Kikousya has designed and built the Mechanical Paper Robot from wood pulp, a ...
Held last month at New York City’s Jacob Javits Center, the 115th International Toy Fair took another step toward ramping up the scope of the science, technology, engineering, and mathematic (STEM) ...
A host of high tech, interactive robot toys have come on the market. Your child might really want one, but which to pick? And do they make good toys? Consumer Reports expert testers checked them out, ...
A startup wants to put BB-8 under the influence of a new kind of force. Charley Gallay/Getty Images Here’s a Silicon Valley truism: hardware is hard. So just like gamers control massive mechanical ...
"I had the worst dream," said Professor Einstein. "My vast intellect had been downloaded into a prosthetic body. I was then made to present the world of science to perfect strangers." Within moments ...
Many exhibitors at the 2016 toy fair mentioned how their products were tactile, mechanical, good for kids on a developmental spectrum. Sydney Wiseman of WowWee USA, holds CHiP’s robotic dog. “If you ...
Within most industries, a battle of the bots is being waged, driving these mechanical helpers to perform above and beyond anything humans thought was possible, and as we saw at Toy Fair 2016, the toy ...
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