Humanoid robots are ready to do your housework in 2026 — and can be yours for $20,000

With the age of humanoids upon us, Tesla CEO Elon Musk predicted that his robots will curb crime, eliminate poverty and do ...
Interesting Engineering

Boston Dynamics’ Aya Durbin on making humanoid robots industrial-ready

Boston Dynamics product lead Aya Durbin discusses Atlas, industrial humanoid robots, and what it takes to make humanoids ...

The 15 Strongest Transformers Characters Ranked

The "Transformers" franchise spans across cartoons, comics, video games, and a large portion of Michael Bay's filmography. We ...
AOL

A 'kinky' teddy bear? A robot that won't let go? Groups warn parents to avoid these creepy, unsafe AI toys

Artificial intelligence (AI) is seemingly everywhere these days, including children’s toys. Earlier this year, for example, toymaker Mattel announced a partnership with OpenAI, the company behind ...
New York Post

Rare postwar robot toy car sells for $233.7k at auction

A postwar robot toy car known as the “Honeymoon Car” has sold for $233.7k – more than the price of a Tesla. The rare Japanese toy with a robot driver and a robot passenger seems to have been ...
Boston Herald

Toy inventor Burt Meyer, who dreamed up Lite-Brite and Rock ’Em Sock ’Em Robots, dies age 99

Burt Meyer, who invented toys like Rock ’Em Sock ’Em Robots, Lite-Brite and MouseTrap in the 1960s that delighted generations of children, has died. He was 99. Meyer’s creations arrived in the postwar ...
Wall Street Journal

Burt Meyer, Inventor of Rock ’Em Sock ’Em Robots and Other Hit Toys, Dies at 99

What does it take to keep kids amused? Before the invention of electronic games and smartphones, that was a more complicated question for parents. Burt Meyer provided many of the answers. Meyer, who ...