If there’s one type of toy that has remained popular for many years, it’s dinosaur toys. These creatures offer a largely unrivaled appeal to children that has endured while trends come and go. From ...

To balance and move on two wheels, like a Segway, the Miposaur uses the same inverted pendulum mechanism based on research from the UCSD Coordinated Robotics Lab as its predecessor. This feature was ...

Pleo is a revolutionary robot. Take a good look at the adorable toy figure. It probably won't be the last time you see it, but this may be as close as you'll come to what will surely be one of this ...

It’s been a good year for consumer robots. And what a way to finish. My family has been playing around for a couple of weeks with Pleo, a dinosaur robot that has arrived in stores just in time for the ...

A lifelike baby Triceratops that children can ride on, a Wall-E robot that responds to your voice, a dancing game that eliminates wires and mats. Toy makers are upping the "Wow!"-factor in new ...

Since dinosaurs went extinct 66 million years ago, we've never experienced them as living, breathing animals. We can look at their bones in a museum, or we can watch recreations of them in films like ...

After almost a year of delays, the eagerly anticipated robotic toy dinosaur Pleo is now making its way into homes and stores. Pleo is the brainchild of Caleb Chung, cocreator of the Furby, a furry toy ...

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