Despite billions of dollars in investment, startups say their androids can only perform simple tasks.

Humanoid robots may be part of our future, but human psychology and the uncanny valley may stand between them and world ...

Service Robotics Market growth is driven by labor shortages, AI and sensor advancements, rising demand in healthcare, logistics, hospitality, and increasing adoption of automation for efficiency and ...

We saw the first real wave of AI-powered toys in 2025, some of which lacked proper safety guardrails. But we already know of ...

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.

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 ...

What does it take to keep kids amused? Before the invention of electronic games and smartphones, that was a more complicated question for parents. Burt Meyer provided many of the answers. Meyer, who ...