Science fiction tends to project the present into the future, and so its predictions are often suspect. That’s why we’ll see people send faxes in future worlds imagined years ago, instead of beaming ...

It’s designed to be strong and easy to build, using a minimal number of parts that are all available online, which makes ...

The new robot can learn from a demonstration and teach other robots what it knows.

Designed by Eric Yufeng, this small four-legged robot has all its parts, including the actuators, built directly onto its circuit board.

In Mostyn’s classroom at Brother Rice High School on Chicago’s Southwest Side, there are student-made robots, hands-on lesson in circuits and even a 3D printer.

”Short Circuit” is an obvious ”WarGames” ripoff in which a robot steals every scene from wooden performances by the always-too-eager-to-p lease Steve Guttenberg and the usua… ...

In a quest to give robots human-like grace even in the frozen wastes of space, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is looking at exotic gears made out of exotic material called Bulk Metallic Glass.