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Uber calls it the most luxurious robotaxi yet. It features cameras, sensors and radars that provide 360-degree perception and ...

LEGO introduced its Mindstorms toy robots 15 years ago, starting a movement toward intelligent toys and instigating a large hobbyist community that was interested in the educational value of ...

There are a lot of crazy Lego builds out there. This Rubik’s Cube solver, or this hypnotic ball contraption, for example, give you an idea of just how technical some of these projects can be. Now, ...

Xiaomi is producing a plastic toy robot that you can assemble into different forms, and control with an app. Called the Toy Block, the coding toy appears to rely on Lego-like pieces. The kit will come ...

Pour one out for Lego's impressively capable DIY robots, which will be powering down at the end of the year. Reading time 3 minutes The programming’s been on the wall for a while, but yesterday, as ...

When it comes to robot dogs, Boston Dynamics' Spot machine is certainly among the first ones to come to mind. The yellow quadruped has made the headlines ever since it was “born” last summer and it’s ...

Play and games for both children and adults are changing in the new digital landscape. Here are the tech-enhanced toys we're ...

The Transformer robots have always been the perfect inspiration material for toymakers. I mean, what's not to love about cars and trucks and planes that can morph into sentient, fighting robots? The ...