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- Lighting-fast bio-inspired robots are easy for anyone to build BERKELEY, CALIF. (September 5, 2013) – Dash Robotics today unveiled a new high performance, low-cost "origami" robot that runs fast on ...

Anyone who has tried to kill a cockroach knows just how difficult they can be to be to capture. Not only can they squeeze through very narrow gaps, but they can also instantly accelerate to a running ...

Robots are available on loan this summer in Surrey, B.C. Just in time for the summer school break, Surrey Libraries is now offering children the chance to learn about coding by borrowing one of 90 ...

Wonder Workshop, the education technology company that introduced Dash and Dot to classrooms, has developed a virtual world with a virtual robot for student access in remote classes. The digital ...

A startup called Wonder Workshop is teaching kids how to code using Swift. Founded in 2012, Wonder Workshop makes toy robots, called Dash and Dot, that kids can control with programs they create using ...

Before my daughter got to test out Dash and Dot, our dogs were already getting to know them. I’d gotten the two kid-friendly robots — Dash, who sits up high on three wheels, and Dot, his more static ...

Have you ever tried to catch a running cockroach? They're fast little suckers, and resilient too, which is why scientists at the University of California Berkeley modeled their latest robot after them ...

Dash Robotics, makers of hand-held, bio-inspired robots that are easy and fun for anyone to build, has secured $1.4 million in a round of seed funding led by IronFire Capital. Following the release of ...

The Wonder Workshop Dash Robot with Dash Challenge Cards Bundle is on sale for $84.99 (50% off) at Amazon with the Deal of the Day! The award-winning Dash robot teaches the fundamentals of coding ...