Robots are super interesting, but you probably shouldn’t start learning about them with a full-sized industrial SCARA arm or anything. Better to learn with something smaller and simpler to understand.

If you’re designing a robot for a specific purpose, you’re probably ordering fresh parts and going with a clean sheet design. If you’re just building for fun though, you can just go with whatever ...

Ever heard of the Keepon robot? Originally created as a therapeutic tool to interact with children with autism and other social disorders, this cute, dancing, and addictive social robot has gained ...

When a robot company is founded by graduates from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, you can bet they’ll create some innovative products. iRobot, famed for the Roomba robo-vac, is arguably the ...

Robots don't have to be overly complex to perform more than basic tasks. Carnegie Mellon University researchers have created SIMbot, a human-sized cylindrical robot that gets around with only one ...

The science magazines of the 50s were fond of portraying the future as populated with ‘droids designed to ease life in every way imaginable. Sadly, it is the future, and that’s not quite the way ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Robots in 2024 are far more complex than their single-armed factory ...

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjisA9-YyrM&feature=youtu.be] Fellas, you’re gonna want that cowbell. And what better way to get that cowbell than with an ...

Inspired by a theoretical model of particles moving around on a chessboard, new robot swarm research shows that, as magnetic interactions increase, dispersed 'dumb robots' can abruptly gather in large ...

The science magazines of the 50s were fond of portraying the future as populated with ‘droids designed to ease life in every way imaginable. Sadly, it is the future, and that’s not quite the way ...