As robots go, My Keepon appears underwhelming. It stands about 10 inches high and looks like two tennis balls fused together. It has no arms, no antennae, and no laser beams. What it does have is a ...

What do you get for the person who has everything? Fun dancing robots! As opposed to actually helpful robots like Roomba or the upcoming Jibo family assistant, just-for-fun robots can be a good way to ...

It's our first year touring Japan's premier toy show, and we'd be happy to do it again. Among traditional wooden blocks, tricycles, action figures and card games (so many card games!) there's a plenty ...

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There was no shortage of gadgets at CES, and 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 ...

Keepon may be the cutest robot you’ll ever see. Until now he’s been a $30,000 research device, intended for academics and medics who use the bot in therapy sessions. But soon a $40 consumer model will ...

Dance Code Belle teaches coding to a new audience of youngsters. It's easy to be a little sniffy about Dance Code Belle. Coding is geeky and super cool, so what's a dancing princess doll doing ...

We’re not quite at “The Jetsons” level of technology, where every home has a robot maid or butler — but robots can already make themselves useful around the house, from cleaning the windows to mowing ...

Wow. Just wow. I'm not sure what it says about robotics, toys, or gender studies, but the new Femisapien from Wowwee is ready to blow your mind with its mechanical wiles. Building on the success of ...