We believe that for these legged robots to operate in the real world, the ability to learn by itself is crucial," he said. The researchers started Rainbow Dash out on a flat surface, where it ...

The product has been in beta, but Dash wants to put its robots out to a wider market. To do that, the company has taken $1.4 million in seed funding.

Unless that someone is a robot. Now, Dash comes from a famous family. Savioke CEO Steve Cousins says his parents and grandparents are the big PR2 robots used in research and occasionally viral videos.

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 ...