Lego Mindstorms, the ultimate geek toy, gives you the opportunity to create Lego robots that think and act on their own. A dedicated and talented user community has produced dozens of alternate ...

Developers can build intelligent robots with Java, as it provides APIs for programming systems that can see, hear, speak, move, and even learn, using neural networks, which are algorithms that ...

The NXT-G software lets users build programs for Lego Mindstorms NXT robots and then transfers the code via USB or Bluetooth from the computer to the robot.

In fact, programming them to learn like human babies might be the best way to make our robotic friends much more capable.

Whether it's which tasks we can automate, the cost and time necessary for robot automation or how workers can contribute, the rise of easy-to-program robots forces us to rethink our assumptions ...

Know how to program robots? CEO says now's a great time to learn The open-source Robotic Operating System (ROS) just turned eight. Here's why you should get involved.

This video of a Java-controlled robot (pictured above left) was captured at JavaOne last week where I spied several Java-controlled hardware items including a "real-time" unmanned helicopter (see ...

How do people like to interact with robots when navigating a crowded environment? And what algorithms should roboticists use to program robots to interact with humans? These are the questions that ...