For younger kids in the 5-to-6-year-old age range, Wigl is aimed at teaching basic music skills. The robot can move in different directions and light up depending on what musical notes a child plays.

Sphero’s launched a cute mini-car robot that teaches kids about the basics of computer programming.

Their mission was simple: Program a robot on Mars to avoid obstacles, collect minerals and return to a beacon.

The easiest way to get kids interested in robots is to show them Star Wars, but that’s admittedly a limited experience. The next best thing might be Sphero’s new kid-friendly robot called indi ...

Enter Vortex, the robotic toy for kids that teaches them how to program and how to build their very own technology.

Best Overall: Lego Boost Ages: 5 - 10 Our favorite robot kit overall, Lego Boost is so simple that even a preliterate child can use its app to learn programming basics.

This year at CES, Lego is bridging the gap with Boost, a basic robotics- and programming-oriented kit that’s supposed to be more playful than didactic.

In a sea of coding-for-kids products, an update to Anki’s holiday-shopping darling, Cozmo the robot, may have one of the best chances of success. Read on.

The board game is designed to teach basic programming principles via a series of instruction cards which move the players’ pieces (turtles) around the board.

LAS VEGAS — There are scores of robots designed to teach kids coding skills, but most are either targeted toward young children with limited programming experience, or older kids whose skills ...