Elemental Path has come a long way since it debuted its first Cognitoy on the Hardware Battlefield stage at CES in 2016. The smart toy maker debuted on Kickstarter with an IBM Watson-powered toy ...

Not only does this activity pad satisfy your kids’ dino obsession, but it also makes for a great travel toy. It’s perfect for long car rides or waiting for food to come to your table at a restaurant.

To balance and move on two wheels, like a Segway, the Miposaur uses the same inverted pendulum mechanism based on research from the UCSD Coordinated Robotics Lab as its predecessor. This feature was ...

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 ...

Pleo is a revolutionary robot. Take a good look at the adorable toy figure. It probably won't be the last time you see it, but this may be as close as you'll come to what will surely be one of this ...

"Control him if you can" is the tag line for the Zoomer Dino from Spin Master ($99.99), and it's a fitting one. This remote-controlled toy can be fun to play with in spurts, but if my 8- and ...

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TODAY’S KIDS will think it weird that robots were ever considered some space-age novelty. Children are already surrounded by voices (see Siri, Alexa) that respond to their every whim, and pet-like ...

STEM-based schoolwork is a key part of your kid’s curriculum, but encouraging genuine enthusiasm for science, technology, engineering, and math that extends beyond the classroom requires more than a ...