Disney Consumer Products is announcing Wednesday that it will make programmable toy robots based on Disney characters, with the first robot debuting at Maker Faire, a geek fest at the San Mateo ...

Life became duller ever since FedEx took away our last annoying little robot, so we got our hands on a new but less chatty plastic companion -- say hi to Robonica's Roboni-i programmable robot ...

Hexa is a six-legged, sensor-laden robot that’s a blank slate for people to program their own functionality into, and share those skills across a social network of tinkerers.

[Kevin] undertook a robot build partly for his own enjoyment, but also to include his kids in the action. He acquired a cheap toy and packed it full of programmable goodness. The starting point was… ...

Hasbro and Robosen Robotics announced the most advanced Transformers toy ever, an Optimus Prime with 5,000 components controlled by voice or app. The post Hasbro Announces $700 Optimus Prime Robot ...

Sphero’s robots are $100 toys. Mistys are something else altogether: programmable, multipurpose, extensible devices that, at $1,500, cost about the same as a good PC.

Disney Consumer Products launches first line of robotics toys with programmable robots. Pictured is the Ultimate WALL-E inspired by the adorable robot from the Disney/Pixar theatrical release of ...

The U.S. Department of Justice has sued toy maker Apitor Technology for allegedly allowing a Chinese third party to collect ...

And today, Misty Robotics, a spin-off of the hugely successful Sphero–the makers of the hit BB-8 toy–unveiled its first programmable robot, a system that is likely the most autonomous and ...

But it’s a one-trick pony that [Eric] wanted to make into a programmable robot. The kit came with a schematic, which makes the process of patching into its logic quite easy.

Sphero is known for its line of programmable robot toys that help teach kids how to code while having fun. However, most of its products are designed for older kids and need a companion app (thus ...

A Sphero spinoff company has launched a new toy robot. Called Misty II, it comes from Misty Robotics. It's actually a second generation robot, as the first one debuted at CES 2018 in January.