Futuristic TV shows, movies, and sci-fi books often have robot characters. It’s a given that this type of technology will be a part of everyday life in the future. If you’d like to give your kids a ...

A couple months ago, we were excited about robotic chickens; now, Sega Toys announced that they’re coming out with three new robotic animal types for their highly popular Dream Pet series: a ...

If you are looking for gift ideas that provide creative, thoughtful play, robotic toys are an excellent choice. Not only are they fun diversions, but they can also help teach children a bit about ...

Ever since robots were first introduced in Karel Čapek's 1920 play "Rossum's Universal Robots," we've imagined them as being nearly indistinguishable from biological life. Fiction is filled with all ...

EMO is a cute desktop toy robot pet equipped with artificial intelligence, ideas and plenty of personality thanks to a wealth of sensors and unique technologies. Equipped with a wide-angle camera, ...

Honeybees dance to direct hive mates to new food sources. Guppies negotiate leadership with their schoolmates. Flocks of homing pigeons take evasive action when a falcon attacks. Since the dawn of ...

Furry like real ones, endearing and incredibly comforting, robot pets are slowly but surely finding their way into homes. These little creatures, with batteries instead of hearts and AI hidden beneath ...

Real guppies respond to Robofish—a 3D-printed plastic model with a vaguely realistic paint job—as if it were a real schoolmate. Researchers used different-sized Robofish to show that guppy schools ...

If you own a pet there’s a good chance you’ve experienced some form of pleasant finger nibbling. It’s a bit odd to admit, but we mustn’t lie to ourselves! Now, if you’d like to experience the same ...

There's no denying that robots are great at certain tasks, but take most of them out of the specific role they were designed for and they'll struggle. In an effort to make robots that are more ...