There were many toy robots back in the 80s that were — frankly — underwhelming by today’s standards. Back then, any old thing that rolled around with some blinking lights would impress, but the bar is ...

A remote control Omnibot 2000 robot offers children a cup of soda at FAO Schwarz in New York on Nov. 30, 1985. The Omnibot 2000, built by Japanese toy company TOMY, was a hot gift item, though a steep ...

[DJ Sures] just can’t help himself from tinkering with robot toys built in the 80s. This time, he got his hands on an Omnibot-2000 (not to be confused with his other Omnibot hack), and updated it for ...

Whirring and whining its way onto store shelves this July, the ¥31,290 Omnibot 2007 will be, the makers say, the smallest bipedal robot in the world. At only 16.5 cm high (about half an inch) and ...

When I was a young whippersnapper, in-between cleaning chimneys and begging for scraps of festering meat and stale bread on street corners (there was food at home, I just enjoyed the human interaction ...

Rating: 5/10, Slightly more helpful than a toddler. Most of the robots Tomy churned out in the ‘80s looked like toys and acted like toys, but its Omnibot 2000 felt like it was straight out of science ...

Japanese toy maker Takara Tomy is showing off a ¥31,500 (about $400), 4 x 6-inch robot dog called Omnibot I-SODOG. Japanese toy maker Takara Tomy is showing off a ¥31,500 (about $400), 4 x 6-inch ...