Robert the Robot, who was a product of the once-mighty Ideal Toy Company, didn’t do much, at least compared to the standards set by science fiction at the time. Unlike the helpful humanoids of ...

But Sphero, an educational STEM toy company that once made Disney’s Star Wars BB-8 and R2D2 robot toys, has started a spin-off company called Company Six (CO6) to make bots for law enforcement.

With that, Boris Sofman pulled a diminutive white toy out of a soft lunchbox, and began showing it off. After a brief introduction, Sofman set the little robot into its charging cradle, at which ...

[Photo: courtesy Mabot] Of course, you could just buy Lego Mindstorms—a robot-building kit that, obviously, also works with those beloved blocks. But Mabot’s kit is $150 cheaper.

When Disney unleashed a slew of new toys for its latest upcoming “Star Wars” movie, a little app-controlled robot named BB-8 stole consumer hearts — and sold out at many stores. But BB-8 ...

[Kevin] undertook a robot build partly for his own enjoyment, but also to include his kids in the action. He acquired a cheap toy and packed it full of programmable goodness. The starting point ...