Makeblock’s mBot is an excellent toy for young programmers looking to challenge their knowledge and electronics skill in ...

Walter Mueller knows his Transformers. The 32-year-old has been collecting the robot toys for more than 20 years. He even has one of the brand's main characters, Optimus Prime, tattooed in full color ...

These days, AI-powered robots seem less a novelty than the logical confluence of a range of cutting edge technologies. Kentucky Fried Chicken’s new location in Shanghai features a humanoid clerk ...

There was a time when LEGO brick sets were anything but prescriptive. You’d be lucky to get a wheel or axle part, or maybe even a door or window piece in your giant set of loose bricks. These days, of ...

Making a box out of Lego bricks is easy. Making a smooth cube using flat Lego pieces slightly more challenging. Creating a smooth cube with cool decorations that transforms into a small robot with a ...

TinkerBots is a new building set with easy-to-add robotics that enables boys and girls as young as five--and adults, too--to easily create all kinds of toy robots simply by snapping together ...

Finding the perfect gift for kids can be difficult, mostly because there are so many awesome toys and gadgets to choose from. Drones, building kits and robots have joined the mix of dolls and trucks, ...

We’re big fans of designer Ashley Wood’s alternate takes on Marvel character, and his latest creation is no exception. Why bother with Spider-Man when you could have Peter Parker and his giant robot ...

Stranger Thingsseason four has rocked our world, and it still has two episodes left to go. But we will always have a special place in our hearts for that miraculous first season. Back when Dustin, ...

Don't worry about having to memorize the phrase, "Klaatu barada nikto," in Kevin Hardy's house, because Gort isn't there. Not that Hardy wouldn't pounce on the chance to place a bid if Gort ever ...

A nimble new remote-control toy from the upcoming Star Wars film 'The Force Awakens' leaves action figures in the dust. Personal Tech columnist Geoffrey A. Fowler meets the droid that you can actually ...