Toy Robots Top Picks

Updated August 2021

Toy robots play a role beyond toys. In kids’ eyes, these smart toys have lives with motion, sounds, and even personalities. With high-tech robotic toys, kids play and learn at the same time. It can be hard to draw a line between entertainment and learning. Don’t you wish more things in life were so perfect? Some of the toy robots can see, hear, move, understand multiple languages, follow hand gestures, read, and follow complex instructions.  Some of those geek toys are smart programmable robots, which means that they have brains and you can teach the bots to do various things.

Our toy robot top picks include the coolest and most popular ones on the market.

Top Toy Robots

Sphero BOLT, Sphero Mini, Sphero SPRK+ and Sphero RVR

• Sphero BOLT is an app-enabled robotic ball that you can drive and code, providing endless opportunities to be creative and have fun while learning.
• BOLT’s programmable 8×8 LED Matrix can animate and display real-time data.
• Powered by the Sphero Edu app (available on nearly any mobile or desktop device), you can code BOLT by drawing, using Scratch blocks, or writing JavaScript.
• Advanced yet approachable, you can learn programming, complete hands-on activities, and share your creations with the community.
• Programmable sensors including Infrared, Compass, Light Sensor, Gyroscope, Accelerometer, and Motor Encoders.
• It’s fun to take for a spin. Simply drive BOLT and play games.
• Wireless Connection. Durable. Waterproof. Inductive charging. 2+ hour battery life. Connects via Bluetooth.
• Recommended age: 8+.

MiP Arcade Robot

• With his unique dual wheel balancing system, MiP Arcade navigates his surroundings
• 20+ app-enabled games. Challenge friends & family with multiplayer arcade games like Basketball Versus and Tray Pancake Stack!
• Remote Control: Drive MiP Arcade around with either single or dual joystick control using the app. Also responds to touch, motion, and sound with GestureSense technology.
• Uses Bluetooth to pair with your smartphone or tablet so you can play games via the MiP Arcade App
• MiP’s inquisitive and responsive personality is communicated through motion, sounds, and RGB LED eyes
• Watch MiP Arcade balance multiple objects while moving or standing still
• Multiple robotic modes including roam, stacking, dance, and programming
• Recommended age: 6+.

Wonder Workshop Dash, Dot & Cue Programmable Robots

• Adorable bots with brains can be fun playmates as well as useful desk pets
• The bots arrive fully assembled. Use an iPad or Android tablet to access free apps that control them
• Dash & Dot interact with the world using sensors. They can hear sounds and detect objects
• Smart robots can actually teach kids ages 5+ to code as they play
• The easy-to-use drag-and-drop programming language, Blockly, provides a low floor but a high ceiling for coding
• Program Dash & Dot to do anything imaginable, from basic movements to following complex sequences and instructions
• Add-ons extend the fun: play a song, take videos, add LEGO® bricks and more.
• Recommended age: 5+.