It was there, in 1984, that I discovered the best toy of my childhood: the Armatron robotic arm. A drawing from the patent application for the Armatron robotic arm. Described as a “robot-like ...

The hottest toy this holiday season may be a robot dog that whimpers, blinks its eyes, wags its tail and responds to a rub on the head. The only thing Dog-E won’t do is soil that expensive rug ...