The Nassau County Firefighters Museum and Education Center in Uniondale received a $20,000 grant earlier this month from Sterling & Sterling Insurance, based in Woodbury, and from Fireman’s Fund ...

There’s a whole lot of dog-like robots that want you to pet them, but they’re not all equal in functionality or privacy. Reading time 4 minutes As a kid, I had real pets and toy pets. The real pets ...

Robot pets have been a sci-fi staple for decades, and in recent years we’ve seen a glut of them finally hit the market, with varying success. The latest is Loona, a quite advanced-looking bot with a ...

I built my own robot dog, and it wasn’t difficult. That doesn’t mean I’m a robotics engineer or an electronics tinkerer. I took an electronics class in high school, but no oscilloscopes, multimeters, ...

When Amazon Glow was discontinued, military mom Rosie found a creative way to help her kids stay connected with their deployed father Rosie McGill When a key family-connection device was discontinued, ...

The robot has a built-in camera, speaker, and microphone, which the child controls through a secure app on a tablet or phone.

Never mind buying a robot dog for your kids — you might just get them a mythical creature instead. Chinese EV maker Xpeng has teased a robot unicorn meant for children to ride. As SCMP notes, the ...

As much as I love the idea of STEM toys–gadgets that try to teach science, technology, engineering and math to kids—many tend to fall into one of two unfortunate extremes. Either they’re too ...