This week I'd like to highlight a few interesting gadgets that have come to my attention. And I'd like to start by praising WowWee ( www.wowwee.com/). That's a great ...

It's one of the hottest items in toyland, a $120 robot that walks, dances and can even be programmed to pick up your clothes from the floor. But for its Canadian creators, Robosapien represents the ...

The new Robosapien V2 looks fantastic. For just 200 bucks, the new bot will be able track objects and movements, recognize objects and skin tones—all sorts of crazy stuff. Onrobo (another one of the ...

The Robot Age is upon us. Please read the last line of this quote very carefully: …now he can lie down and get back up onto his feet, distinguish between different colours and sounds, grip and pick up ...

This week on newsstands, youll find TIME’s Inventions special—and in it, my annual tech buyer’s guide. To celebrate, I wanted to review the hottest and potentially hard-to-find high-tech toy of the ...

Robosapien, a burping, kung-fu fighting robot, is one of this year's hot Christmas gifts. But an older, pudgier counterpart--an out-of-production R2-D2 robot from "Star Wars"--is proving a popular ...

There's always room for crazy robots at CES and this year is no exception with these new cyberchums from the makers of RoboSapien Richard Trenholm Former Movie and TV Senior Editor Richard Trenholm ...

Hamleys predict a fight between V2 Robosapien and Amazing Amanda for top Christmas toy Yes, we know. It's not even August, the schools have only just broken up and the rest of the summer is still ...

Optimal Group Inc. is getting into toy making, paying $65-million (U.S.) in cash and stock for WowWee Ltd., a privately held Hong Kong developer of robot toys. Optimal Group said yesterday it will pay ...