In an effort to better help the warfighter, DARPA is looking to increase the mobility of robots used in military explosive-ordinance-disposal missions. The video shows a modified iRobot 510 PackBot ...

MLB has tweaked Triple A's electronic strike zone, for the benefit of robot umps — and crouching hitters — everywhere. Why you should care.

It goes without saying that working with robots and heavy machinery is more than a little dangerous. While better practices and ethical companies are still less common than they should be, smarter ...

Robot systems explore unfamiliar terrain, buildings or danger zones with cameras. In the 3D-InAus project, researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Communication, Information Processing and ...

SEATTLE -- The education of robot umpires has been complicated by an open secret in baseball for the past 150 years: The strike zone called on the field doesn't match the one mapped out in the ...

As the number of robots in the Iraq war and other combat zones have risen dramatically over the past five years, so too have robot death tolls. The problem? Soldiers consider these life-saving ...

The education of robot umpires has been complicated by an open secret in baseball for the past 150 years: The strike zone called on the field doesn’t match the one mapped out in the rule book.

Why Did Robby the Robot Appear in The Twilight Zone So Much? The Robby prop was an elaborate suit, far more complex and convincing than typical robots of ‘50s sci-fi movies.