Ever wonder what lurks inside the original Furby and the brand-new Furby Connect? Luckily, the YouTube channel What's Inside opens him up so you don't have to.

A host of startups are building robots and stuffed toys that can have full-fledged conversations with children, thanks to generative AI.

Take this robot: it looks cute and kinda cool, and you can program it, I guess? But it doesn’t seem to invite the kind of open-ended world-building that the best “educational” toys do.

Robosen Robotics Senior Product Manager Kodi Tang spoke to us about the intricacies of its robot toys and its recent Transformers products.

These robot toys and kits help teach children problem-solving skills—ones they’ll need as they grow into adults in a world run by machines.

Is this Gipsy Avenger toy as good as a regular Robot Damashii release? No, but it comes very close and considering it costs half the price, that is a refreshing surprise.

The expanding and contracting robots are able to move around by coordinating their individual movements (10x speed). Massachusetts Institute of Technology via YouTube ...

Hasbro teamed up with Robosen Robotics on the elaborate new Transformer New $700 Optimus Prime toy is an actual robot that walks and transforms on its own ...