Makeblock’s mBot is an excellent toy for young programmers looking to challenge their knowledge and electronics skill in ...

Over the past few years, we've seen a number of robots with artificial intelligence designed for kids introduced, including everything from a robotic unicorn to a robot that helps kids avoid road ...

Kids can now get into robotics as early as pre-kindergarten (PK) with Sphero indi, a cute learning robot that looks like it was inspired by the “Cars” animation. The gizmo is the creation of Sphero, a ...

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What’s worse than being stuck under six feet of snow? Being stuck in a hospital, especially if you’re a kid fighting cancer. To help make those long-term hospital stays less lonely, Honda has ...

Toys that teach kids to learn to code can be great, especially if they're cute and fun to play with. Pyxel aims to be just that. The codeable robot dog from Educational Insights, on display this week ...

My five- and seven-year-old constantly fight over who gets the iPad first. We have one, and they get to use it in tiny doses, usually when I'm at my wit's end. Their favorite app? ScratchJr, MIT's ...

In today’s cute but incredibly awesome news, Honda is developing a traffic safety advice robot for children aged seven and older, so they can get to school in complete safety – on those days when they ...

The following is an excerpt from The New Breed: What Our History With Animals Reveals About Our Future With Robots by Kate Darling. The Huggable is a soft, fully animated blue teddy bear with a green ...

Pibo and Cubroid are friends. In a country where three giant conglomerates (LG, Samsung and Hyundai) suck up most of the engineering talent, these two pint-sized little robots could be the future of ...

As much as I love the idea of STEM toys–gadgets that try to teach science, technology, engineering and math to kids—many tend to fall into one of two unfortunate extremes. Either they’re too ...