Toy Companies Push High-Tech Robotic Toys
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The 2006 holiday season is filled with robo-toys, in hopes to woo young consumers
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By ANDREW LIGHTMAN  LEGO COMPETITION  NORWELL  After pressing a few buttons, Meredith Jones watched her Lego robot push a toy truck onto a platform.  Then it pushed a red box several feet, precisely into a square. Then the robot dropped a ball into a container.
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By The Associated Press  NEW YORK - As kids keep getting plugged into the Internet, toy makers are following them online.
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With their new crop of products that plug into the Internet, toy makers are placing bets on the longstanding enthusiasm among children for collecting things.
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A company that snagged a lucrative toy-licensing agreement early on in its history has now established itself as a significant force.
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Make your holidays bright by putting these high-tech toys on your wish list.
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Company teams up with nanotech firms to develop high-performance plastics.
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It's high season for toymakers, and the scramble is on to make sure the 'Made in China' label doesn't send parents running
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This year's holiday toy lineup has a retro feel with 1990s darlings Pokemon and Power Rangers expected to top children's wish lists, while Hasbro's Transformers should continue their resurgence on the strength of the summer blockbuster film.
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Swarm robots, car robots, team robots -- you name it, you can find it at the RoboNexus convention. Daniel Terdiman reports from Santa Clara, California.
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The use of advance technologies are giving a new generation of toys extraordinary capabilities to fly, float, walk and roll â almost always inexpensively â in ways unimaginable just a few years ago.
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Adding a photosensor to an RFID tag yields a device that could track inventory, guide robots, and augment games.
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It can greet people, show DVDs, and hand out balloons. Ubiko, a robot-on-wheels with a catlike face, is joining the crew of temporary workers supplied by a Japanese job-referral company to stores, events, and even weddings.
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RoboCops and robot soldiers got a little closer to reality Thursday as a maker of floor-cleaning automatons teamed up with a stun-gun manufacturer to arm track-wheeled 'bots for police and the Pentagon.
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iRobot and WowWee introduce new robots at the Consumer Electronics Show. IRobotâs cleans gutters and WowWeeâs is a night watchman.
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OSAKA, Japan -- A group of scientists in Japan have developed a robot that acts like a toddler to better understand child development.
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Japan is pretty serious about robotics. If the droids are going to fit in, they probably need to learn the Japanese custom of serving tea.