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.

Star Wars toys are announced during a special event called Force Friday that takes place a few months before the release of each movie, and robot company Sphero had two big surprises for fans this ...

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.

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

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.

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