The Lego designers have done a great job in creating a rounded shape for BB-8, thanks to cleverly built rounded corners. Built in two halves, with the mechanics hidden away inside, large circular ...

McDonald's is betting big on nostalgia, and this time it is speaking directly to the kids of the 1980s who grew up clutching ...

LG has debuted a home robot that's designed to cook, clean, and manage chores using advanced Physical AI. Part of LG's "Zero Labor Home" vision, the wheeled humanoid features dexterous hands and ...

In 2021, 60 Minutes visited the offices of robotics company Boston Dynamics and met an early model of its humanoid robot, Atlas. It could run, jump and maintain its balance when pushed. But it was ...

IN 2026, The Wuffy Robot Puppy has gained massive attention online through eye-catching ads and promotional videos claiming it is a lifelike, AI-powered robotic dog for children. According to ...

The year is nearly over, and our wallets have spent much of it being drained by all the cool new toys we added to our collection in 2025. How cool? Well, io9’s resident toy collectors banded together ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is seemingly everywhere these days, including children’s toys. Earlier this year, for example, toymaker Mattel announced a partnership with OpenAI, the company behind ...

A postwar robot toy car known as the “Honeymoon Car” has sold for $233.7k – more than the price of a Tesla. The rare Japanese toy with a robot driver and a robot passenger seems to have been ...

A wave of AI-powered children’s toys has hit shelves this holiday season, claiming to rely on sophisticated chatbots to animate interactive robots and stuffed animals that can converse with kids.

AI robots turning on us and taking over the world is something on all of our minds right now. But would it be so bad if the machines went after CEOs first? We’re mulling over the prospect of such ...

Can everyone dial it down a little with the enthusiasm for humanoid robots that can’t even do anything useful yet? You’re scaring the Chinese economy. On Thursday, three Bloomberg reporters based in ...

Burt Meyer, who invented toys like Rock ’Em Sock ’Em Robots, Lite-Brite and MouseTrap in the 1960s that delighted generations of children, has died. He was 99. Meyer’s creations arrived in the postwar ...