And yet there they were Sunday, cheering as a robot they built maneuvered its way around a simple, white maze. Cory, 11, was at Trinity College for its Fire-Fighting Robot Contest, an annual event ...

Meet the Shipboard Autonomous Fire-Fighting Robot, or SAFFiR. This humanoid robot, four years in the making, will one day help you locate and suppress fires. The robot stands 5-foot, 10-inches and ...