This method is repeated about 10 times, with mixed results. At best, a pellet is fired relatively straight, but still without ...

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.

Robert the Robot is a favorite of his. Released in 1954 by Ideal Toy Company, the remote-control-operated talking mechanical man with light-up eyes was the first plastic toy robot manufactured in ...

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 ...

Sean Hollister is a senior editor and founding member of The Verge who covers gadgets, games, and toys. He spent 15 years ... it doesn’t just swing a black plastic prop around: three joints ...

It saw the first broadcast of Transformers as a cheap cartoon series to tie in with a popular range of toys. At the time, shops were full of the plastic robots that could be transformed into cars ...

Researchers describe swarms of microscale robots (microrobots ... When old food packaging, discarded children's toys and other mismanaged plastic waste break down into microplastics, they become ...