We're used to seeing robots by now with sensors on the bottom that allow them to follow a traced path. It's a pretty basic function — but one thing covering toys will teach you is that the best ideas ...

Vikas Gupta is showing me his robot, a three-wheeled whirling dervish that vaguely reminds me of Pixar’s Wall-E and sounds like a Teletubbie. Its name is Dash, and there is no escaping its adorability ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Artie 3000 is an adorable little drawing robot designed to teach children how to code. The simple plastic toy has a small motor and big ...

As schools (and the Department of Education) encourage children to pursue in science, technology, engineering and math, the toy industry has been looking for ways to both assist and capitalize on STEM ...

Researchers create a remote-controlled soft robot that can transform itself to conduct targeted drug delivery against cancer cells. Drawing inspiration from biology and the toy shelf, researchers at ...

After transforming a drawing by a four-year-old boy into a stuffed toy, Wendy Tsao began turning other children’s two-dimensional artwork into three-dimensional playthings. Tsao’s since founded ...

If your children are begging you ... and begging you some more ... to buy them the new "Skylanders Giants" video game and, more importantly, the many toys that go with it, then you have one man to ...