Simon Riley is on a mission to get kids into coding. With a background in database and design and data access he readily admits coding can be "dull as ditchwater" but through a combination of robotics ...

Toy robots are nothing new. In the 1980s, the R2D2-like Tomy Verbot or the clunky Milton Bradley Big Trak let kids program their movements or actions using voice commands or a keypad. The marketing ...