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When reviewing a building toy it’s impossible not to make comparisons with Lego. Not only are its bricks able to build everything from dinosaurs to X-wings, Lego also offers robotics sets that have ...

Of all the cool technology coming out of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week, one group of tech really excites me—robots that teach kids about programming in a fun, creative way.

EPFL roboticists have shown that when a modular robot shares power, sensing, and communication resources among its individual ...

Boulder’s Modular Robotics will release a major upgrade Tuesday for its line of Cubelets, the toy robots for children as young as 4. The robotic blocks, which evolved from founder Eric Schwei kardt’s ...