Researchers at Carnegie Mellon's Robotics Institute offer a do-it-yourself kit and online instructions -- in 15 steps, you've got a Palm Pilot robot.

The iRobot Braava is a mopping robot that uses simple design principles to make it affordable and effective. We teardown the robot to learn its design and manufacturing secrets.

Robots are super interesting, but you probably shouldn’t start learning about them with a full-sized industrial SCARA arm or anything. Better to learn with something smaller and simpler to un… ...

What makes this robot special Robot sumo is not as easy as it looks. The robots need to push their opponent out of the ring, so they are equipped with a host of sensors.

Two servos are used to drive the wheels independently, allowing the robot to be steered in a rudimentary tank-style fashion. Power is courtesy of a pair of 18650 lithium-ion cells.

The best robot vacuum cleaners, according to our testers, include models by Dyson, Shark, and Eufy. Each vacuum was rated on ...

BOW is a Sheffield-based company that writes software to control robots and that software solution can control any robot and extend cover to a wide range of different scenarios. The company, which was ...

Sadly, it is the future, and that’s not quite the way things turned out. But at least there are a bunch of simple robots that could do some of your day-to-day chores for you.

After all, total robot takeover is inevitable. Here’s how it will happen—in five easy steps. 1. Robots Show Us How Smart They Are. We Feel Too Guilty to Kill Them.