The robot itself can navigate obstacles, detect lines and report back by using infrared, grey scale, and sound speakers. DFRobot is running a Kickstarter campaign to bring the Vortex to manufacturing.

"The robot and our app are constantly synchronized," he said. No need to code, compile and test, Root users can see their programming changes live on the Root robot.

The storyline is accessed through the robot’s dedicated mobile app, the same one used for programming and interactions. By helping Photon find the scattered pieces of his spacecraft after it was ...

The cute self-balancing triangular robot can be programmed with an iPad app, but is it enough to entice tykes to code?

Users can share their stories, robot pictures and even how-to-build instructions through a feature in the app so others can like, comment or follow.

Straight out of the box, Anki’s adorable robot Cozmo plays games, fist bumps, and uses its big, blue digital eyes to convey convincing emotional range. And its brain uses machine learning, so it ...