In the past, Takara Tomy released two other similar interactive robot toys. As one may expect, they looked like Pikachu and Eevee. The HelloPocha Piplup toy will react when you say, “Hey, Piplup!” ...

Musio the talking robot was standing on a lunch table at Manhattan’s original Shake Shack, unable to talk. The toy robot needs a Wi-Fi connection to access its language cortex. But even in this muted ...

If you are looking for gift ideas that provide creative, thoughtful play, robotic toys are an excellent choice. Not only are they fun diversions, but they can also help teach children a bit about ...

As I rounded corner after corner at the NY Toy Fair this week, there they were: robots, and lots of them. Some were fuzzy and wanted to be my friend. Some had a menacing mechanical appeal. Others ...

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 ...

NEW YORK (TND) — Ask Joe Knedlhans about any toy robot in his 3,000-plus-piece collection, and the retired New York City police officer will welcome the chance to chat. Robert the Robot is a favorite ...

As Black Friday looms, UK consumer rights group Which? is calling for a ban on connected toys, citing “concerning vulnerabilities” in several devices. Eeek. The firm went on to say that it’s child’s ...

FOR MILLIONS of mechanically inclined young tinkerers, the Erector set (known in Europe as Meccano) has been the ultimate kit. This collection of perforated metal beams and panels, held together with ...