Let’s face it, robots are cool. They’re also going to run the world some day, and hopefully, at that time they will take pity on their poor soft fleshy creators (a.k.a. robotics developers ...

Vortex is an interactive robot toy which aims to be fun for children to play with, while teaching them to program. Currently looking for funding on Kickstarter, the Arduino-based bot comes ready ...

As workplace robots become more common in retail stores, hospitals, and warehouses, their human coworkers need to know how to use and reprogram them. Yet most people lack that kind of highly technical ...

The intelligent systems and robotics doctoral program at the University of West Florida, led by Dr. Kristen “Brent” Venable, ...

An AI-driven robot successfully removed gallbladders from pig cadavers on its own. Here’s how they did it. (And surgeons shouldn’t put away their scalpels just yet.) ...

Swanson exclaims, smiling. The siblings, who attend Ballard High School in Seattle, are part of Unified Robotics, which pairs students with intellectual disabilities with other students to build ...

Optional communication interface lets users can program robots without manufacturer-specific language knowledge – safely, quickly, and efficiently. STÄUBLI TEC-SYSTEMS is launching the uniVAL pi ...

Sphero, the ball-shaped robot, inspired a new generation of toys that aren't only fun, but can also be used as educational tools for kids. Vortex, pictured above, is one of these. Created by ...

Learning how to program computers isn't generally a requirement for music students, but a professor at one top school says it should be. At the California Institute for the Arts, music students ...

What happens when you leave a robot with packs of unsupervised kids? Researchers from the ATR Intelligent Robotics and Communication Laboratories, Osaka University, Ryukoku University and Tokai ...