With robots set to play a more prominent role in society in the coming years, it makes sense to find fun ways to educate youngsters on the technology. To that end, Thomas Alva has developed Edison, a ...

LEGO introduced its Mindstorms toy robots 15 years ago, starting a movement toward intelligent toys and instigating a large hobbyist community that was interested in the educational value of ...

While it may look like a simple toy car, the M1 STEM is in fact an AI (artificial intelligence) robot that takes playtime seriously. It is modular, compatible with LEGO blocks, packed with sensors, ...

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An Adelaide company behind a low-cost robot called Edison has raised $83,256 from 928 backers, smashing its $20,000 target with five days to spare, while drawing strong interest from teachers and ...

LEGO announced this week that it will be offering its third generation of its Mindstorms line. The new system, the EV3, features a lot of improved features in both its hardware and software, with an ...

Toys that teach kids to code are as hot in 2017 as Cabbage Patch Kids were in 1983, and for good reason. For today's generation of children, learning how to program is even more important than ...

Qodi is a new educational robot designed specifically for kids and is fully compatible with the LEGO building block platform. Launched via Kickstarter this month the Qodi robot enables children to be ...