For decades, futurists have promised that robots will transform society, yet that still feels like a distant prospect. In this episode, recorded live at the “Web Summit” technology conference in ...

Wire Up Prepare the wiring and electrical components: Jumper wires. Construction goes faster with pre-made jumper wires for the BYFR’s main electrical cables. You want an assortment of five or 10 ...

STEAMpunk is a team of Wisconsin high school students in Manitowoc County who build robots to compete in the FIRST Robotics Competition. Our manufacturing process allows us to develop robots that ...

It’s not rocket science, but building an underwater robot in a week is a big challenge that Arizona high schoolers will face next week during Arizona State University’s underwater robotics camp. The ...

Just like bees, the individual robots in this simulation have no master plan. Simply by responding to local cues, they are able to construct honeycomb-like structures. The method could presage a new ...

The newest frontier in robotics is almost invisible to the naked eye. Researchers have built a robot smaller than a grain of salt that can not only move through its environment but also sense what is ...

A 13-foot robot nicknamed Godzilla is being engineered to assemble components inside ITER, the massive fusion reactor taking ...

The challenges, such as opening a door with a round doorknob, started out easy, at least for a human, and progressed to “gold ...