Still, Robert deserves credit for being the first plastic toy robot made in the United States, and the first toy robot to become an American sensation. He was the subject of children’s songs ...

These included such diverse devices as lawnmowers, autonomous vacuum cleaners, and robot toys. Autonomous vacuum cleaners alone account for sales of more than 600,000 units per annum. Both ...

In repose (or powered down), one might describe WowWee's new Mintid Dog-E robot toy dog as lacking curb appeal. Its nearly all-white plastic body resembles a tiny dog covered in opaque white paint.

The plastic dogs of the early 2000s ... I can get behind that ethos a little more than I can behind the scooty robot toy with a screen called Miko. Coming from a Disney-backed company, the ...

Once you slid the power button to the On position, you heard a constant whirring sound of plastic gears turning ... “I know it was a toy, but that was a real robot.” The Armatron was the ...

Parents of children who were attached to their robot now have to explain that it's going away. Moxie, an AI-powered toy robot aimed at preschoolers and other children, is shutting down — leaving ...