During the autumn of 1932 a group of curious onlookers assembled in Brighton, England to see inventor Harry May’s latest invention, Alpha the robot. The mechanical man was controlled by verbal ...

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Wonder Workshop cofounder and CEO Vikas Gupta [Photo: courtesy of Wonder Workshop] So when I started hearing about a new way to learn–through coding robots–my interest was reignited.

DIY robots are becoming the gateway to coding. Over the last couple of years, a new wave of cute-faced bots has taken shape to make programming languages fun for kids.