“I know it was a toy, but that was a real robot.” The Armatron was the hook that lured him into Radio Shack and then sparked his lifelong interest in engineering: “I would roll pennies and ...

The video in question was of [The 8-bit Guy] doing a small restoration of a 1984 Radio Shack Armatron toy. Expecting a mess ... this was very clever. The robot arm can do full 360 rotations ...

A good robotics kit balances out learning and problem solving with fun. Yet with so many robot toys on the market, choosing the right one for your child may not be so straightforward ...

These days kids (and the grown-ups who act like them) get all of the coolest toys ... 6-channel hobby-grade radio transmitter and more to build virtually any robotic device the mind can conceive.

Parents of children who were attached to their robot now have to explain that it's going away. Moxie, an AI-powered toy robot aimed at preschoolers and other children, is shutting down — leaving ...

A host of startups are building robots and stuffed toys that can have full-fledged conversations with children, thanks to generative AI. Six-year-old Sophia Valentina sits under a decorated ...

The KEYi Loona robot is extremely expressive, especially compared to other similar bots, many of them debuting at CES 2023. Gif: Kyle Barr/Gizmodo As a kid, I had real pets and toy pets.