For robots to be predictable and adaptive, they need a priority-based architecture and a new legal model, argues a researcher ...

The computer scientist Christoph Salge is trying to circumvent the need for rules that guide robots’ behavior. His strategy: Give them a goal of making us more powerful.

To let users create additional functionality, ArcBotics is preparing programming samples and tutorials for controlling the robot's sensors and actuators.

A control system helps robots quickly adjust to subtle changes in the way their operators move, which could improve safety in manufacturing settings.

Scientists have to build sensors that are tough, that can survive impact and abrasion and bending and water. It’s one reason physical intelligence has advanced so slowly, he says.

This week, we are serving up part five in our series where we are using the Pololu 3pi robot as a fancy development board for the ATmega328p processor. This week we are taking a quick break from wo… ...

Another step toward more lovable robots: a new type of sensor might enable us to poke a robot as if it had the squishy belly button of the Pillsbury Dough boy.

Using arm sensors that can “read” a person’s muscle movements, researchers have created a control system that makes robots more intelligent. The sensors send information to the robot ...