Everywhere a visitor turns at this year's CEATEC, Japan's biggest high-tech exhibition, smartphones are being used to connect to everything from TVs and microwaves to air conditioners and automobiles.

Sharp has developed a next-generation mobile phone. It's a robot-style phone named "RoBoHoN." Sharp created it as a joint project with renowned Japanese robot creator Tomotaka Takahashi. His know-how ...

What happens when a Raspberry Pi gets control of a smartphone robot? Since this technically hasn't been done before, the findings are quite peculiar for those that know what a Raspberry Pi is usually ...

Operate a robot from a smartphone or tabletideaThere are various things, but it is the ability to skip a small robot like a radio control, to enable shooting and tracking from the air is "Robot ...

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Ford has developed a prototype robot charging station that drivers operate via their smartphone from inside their electric vehicle (EV). The technology is aimed at disabled drivers, enabling them to ...

One day, we will all have robots instead of smartphones. The life-like droids will advise you on various matters, help you buy things, and even make your coffee just the way you like it. That’s the ...

Kickstarter Romotive have created an affordable robot that utilizes the processing power of a smartphone. The WSJ's Michael Kofsky talks about why this innovation could power the future of robotics.

"Robot arm"Can perform complex work accurately on behalf of humans, it is used not only in the manufacturing industry but also in outboard operation in space. I made a compact miniature to put such a ...

Scientists have created a cocktail-making robot that can be controlled by smartphones. Party attendees at the Google I/O Conference were invited to send a drink recipe via a smartphone app to a ...