Forget X-Boxes, Furbies, that mega Lego city coast guard patrol boat and even Monster High dolls. The fastest-selling toy globally this year is the Robo Fish, with 15 million sold so far, and ...

An all-out Christmas toy price war erupted yesterday – moments after this year’s must-haves were named by industry experts. And we hired our own tester, Emily Squires, 10, to grade the top 11 stocking ...

For 20 years, scientists have been designing ever more realistic (and creepier) robotic fish. From that great tradition comes the RoboTuna, a miracle of “soft robotics.” Robotic tuna fish have been ...

Soft robotics is a field that’s growing so fast MIT has created an entire journal dedicated to the field, and the first edition profiles a robot fish that can perform a getaway maneuver with its ...

To the casual observer this may be a fish caught somewhere off the uncanny valley, but most fishes’ limited eyesight will mean that it slips by completely unnoticed as it goes about its business. And ...

A high-tech aquarium holds robotic fish that feed off wireless power, glow, and swim about in a sealed tank. Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When ...

At the Dallas Toy Fair in October 2011, the makers of Hexbug robotic toys spotted a swimming mechanized fish they say incorporates their company’s research on making waterproof battery-operated ...