Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Andy Robertson reports on technology & digital play. Fresh from the latest Battlebots series where Tombstone came second after ...

Hasbro has developed a range of toy bugs based on technology used by the US government to create robots. The BIO (Bio-mechanical Integrated Organisms) Bugs are the first toys to use “nervous network” ...

(CBS) - You know what the world needs? More bugs. It's not enough that they already outnumber us 100 million to one. Toy company Hexbug has decided to make little robot larvae, which could hatch into ...

View Slideshow A mechanical bug toy is fighting a robotic dog for more than just space under the Christmas tree this year. The two toys represent rival schools of thought vying for supremacy in the ...

Mattel’s been taking great pains to update its product lines for a plugged-in generation of kids. Last month, the toy maker teamed up with Osmo for an iPad-ready update to its popular Hot Wheels line, ...

3Doodler's safer, cuter 3D-printing pen for kids called Start can already bring their imagination to life. But these new sets can help them get used to drawing objects if they're just starting out and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Andy Robertson reports on technology & digital play. Hex Bug Battlebots take the different iconic robot designs from the TV show ...

What do a mighty morphing dinosaur, several children in a trench coat, and a swarm of smiling robots have in common? They know there’s power in numbers — at least when it comes to their constituent ...

IP Defenders claims MGA Entertainment swiped Innovation First's design for the Hexbug Nano robot bug, for MGA's "Legend of Nara Battling Bugs" toy line, in Hunt County Court, Greenville, Texas.

Robosapien took its curmudgeonly place this year in a toy menagerie that also includes cyber-critters ranging from the occasionally annoying talking Furby pet to the gleaming, expensive Sony Aibo ...