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.

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 ...

J ack Ma-backed Ant Group has officially introduced its first humanoid robot, R1, at two major tech events this month in ...

WALL-E is a simple robot with a simple life, but I think that's where he gets most of his charm. That simplistic charm definitely carries over to the Nintendo DS version of his theatrical adventure ...

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 ...

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 ...

Neil Tyler talks to Daniel Camilleri, founder and chief executive of BOW, a spinout that has developed a single software solution that can control any robot. BOW is a Sheffield-based company that ...

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 ...

If you want to survive the robot apocalypse—the nerd joke goes—just close the door. For all that they’re great at (precision, speed, consistency), robots still suck at manipulating door handles, among ...

Products of the Japanese imagination have become American fads in the past—think Hello Kitty, Pokemon, or Tamigotchi. But in the case of My Keepon, which Toys “R” Us is betting might be the next ...