We’d be entirely wrong to think that Fichertechnik is just a toy for kids. It’s also perfect for prototyping the control system of robots. [davidatfsg]’s recent entry in the Hackaday Prize ...

[DJ Sures] just can’t help himself from tinkering with robot toys built in the 80s ... nothing new to [DJ Sures], he wanted the robot’s control scheme to be different than what he has done ...

Mattel lets users take full control so that they can basically use the toy like a futuristic puppet ... but you're getting a pretty sophisticated robot that impresses right from the start.

Boston Dynamics, headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, is doing some amazing work in the field of robotics.

Sphero tells me the toy is designed to take the hit ... After that, I could use the redesigned drive screen to control the robot. The DroidApp has been updated to control all the new droids.