He’s the Godfather of Modern Robotics. He Says the Field Has Lost Its Way.

In some sense, Mr. Brooks has only himself to blame. The current humanoid craze is “kind of his fault,” said Anthony Jules, ...

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

The rare Japanese toy with a robot driver and a robot passenger seems to have been influenced by American convertibles of the ...
The Economist

At home and at school, AI is transforming childhood

The end of the school day is not the end of children’s immersion in AI. American teenagers are more likely to use the ...
Chicago Tribune

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 ...
U.S. News & World Report

Toy Inventor Burt Meyer, Who Dreamed up Lite-Brite and Rock ’Em Sock ’Em Robots, Dies Age 99

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 ...
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 ...