Building a robot that can do anything well is a tough challenge. Building one that can stand up to another robot trying to violently put it out of commission is an even harder task. But it makes fo… ...

The biggest advance in combat robotics is how much more accessible the sport has become. Walking around the pits behind the Robot Wars arena, I’m realising an ambition held since childhood. As ...

Later this month, Ware will compete in BBC’s cult series "Robot Wars", which has been revived after a 12-year hiatus from British television. His creation is so dangerous, it is one of the ...

Robots have the potential to do heaps of cool stuff that could make our lives easier. But then they could also be used to fight each other to a circuit-breaking electronic death.

These youngsters though, are wee toughies. And as the saying goes: the family that builds a robot with a polycarbonate-armoured blade that spins at over two thousand RPM together, stays together.

Behind the scenes with the creators of Syfy’s "Robot Combat League" and its eight-foot, rock-em, sock-em warriors.

Features Robot Wars: a guide to stopping your robot catching fire After last week's Robot Wars arena blaze, we chat to cool expert Dr Chris Aldham about how to keep a robot from bursting into ...

Stanford University students have built a nimble robot dog — and they're making it easy for others to copy their creation. On Monday, the Stanford Student Robotics club’s Extreme Mobility team ...

Ever wanted to build a robot? Trick question. Everybody wants to build a robot. Since the dawn of man, it’s been our mission to create untethered beauty and then immediately subjugate it to our ...

Artificial Intelligence How to Build a More Sustainable Robot To meet climate goals, the search is on to create robots made out of recycled, biodegradable and replaceable parts ...