The voice-controlled, transforming robot is an objectively cool toy, but a little less than meets the eye in the sound department.

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The year is nearly over, and our wallets have spent much of it being drained by all the cool new toys we added to our collection in 2025. How cool? Well, io9’s resident toy collectors banded together ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is seemingly everywhere these days, including children’s toys. Earlier this year, for example, toymaker Mattel announced a partnership with OpenAI, the company behind ...

A postwar robot toy car known as the “Honeymoon Car” has sold for $233.7k – more than the price of a Tesla. The rare Japanese toy with a robot driver and a robot passenger seems to have been ...

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.

Red Rocker and Blue Bomber will soon be coming to life on the big screen, thanks to none other than Vin Diesel. Diesel will be writing and starring in the upcoming movie based on the “Rock ‘Em Sock ...

Robotics companies flexed their latest creations at the International Robot Exhibition 2025 on Wednesday (December 3), which is being held at Tokyo’s iconic Big Sight exhibition hall and runs until ...

The world of robotics is at an inflection point right now and China's AI robots are shocking the world with their humanoid characteristics. On one hand, we have robots fumbling at marathons and ...