The computer scientist Christoph Salge is trying to circumvent the need for rules that guide robots’ behavior. His strategy: Give them a goal of making us more powerful.

Ever wanted to build a robot? Trick question. Everybody wants to build a robot. Since the dawn of man, it’s been our mission to create untethered beauty and then immediately subjugate it to our ...

Robots make everything look easy, but there's actually a lot of work going on under the hood to make even simple tasks happen. But through impeccable design, practice, and some good programming ...

The reason for this has to do with its “local forward” model: Basically, it looks at how certain action sequences two or three steps into the future affect the world, for both you and itself. So as a ...

The Shonkbot is what the team at Bristol Hackspace came up with for a robot that is obvious in its working and encouragingly easy to build, even for kids (with supervision).

Build your own Palm robot -- it's easy 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.

How to Robot: Your Guide to LEGO Mindstorms EV3 LEGO's new Mindstorms robotics kit is powerful and complex. Here's how we got started, and some tips along the way.

PyRobot could simplify the way researchers program their machines, and could even make it easier for non-robotics types to jump into the field.

Find out how to build your own robot and make a friend for Robert the Robot from Justin's House! It's really easy and can be done using simple materials you might have in the house.

Discover the fascinating process of creating a spider robot right at home with our easy-to-follow guide! This video takes you ...