Chicago-based toy designer also had a hand in creating Lite-Brite and Mouse Trap. It wasn’t all fun and games.

Their creation, RoboBuddies, will represent Singapore at this year’s World Robot Olympiad finals, taking place here from Nov ...

Burt Meyer, who invented toys like Rock ’Em Sock ’Em Robots, Lite-Brite and MouseTrap in the 1960s that delighted a ...

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The Moxie AI robot cost $800 and was marketed to parents to help teach children social skills. The company sent customers an email in late November announcing it would be shutting down. Parents of ...

Starting in the 1960s, he collaborated on the designs of classic toys like Mouse Trap, Toss Across and Mr. Machine.

Madeline Marble wasn’t sure what the small electronic gizmo in front of her was. She had just extracted it from an old DVD player she brought to Camp Invention at McKinley Elementary. “I just found it ...

If the death of Jibo taught us anything, it's that it doesn't take much for humans to become emotionally attached to their robot companions. But I suppose that's something we learned when Roomba ...

Center Grove senior Aarav Agrawal poses in front of the different iterations of Robby the Drummer robot that he has designed. Submitted Photo A Center Grove High School senior is helping young minds ...

First year Jasey Chanders recently received an undergraduate research (UROP) grant to build robotics that stimulate kids in imaginative play. Founded by triple PhD student and former preschool teacher ...

In this ongoing series, we are sharing advice, tips and insights from real entrepreneurs who are out there doing business battle on a daily basis. (Answers have been edited and condensed for clarity.) ...