Stacked robot heads at the home of Walt Perko who is working on a program called RoboGuts that teaches kids and hobbyists how to make robots on Tuesday, April 11, 2017, in Las Vegas.

The NXT-G software lets users build programs for Lego Mindstorms NXT robots and then transfers the code via USB or Bluetooth from the computer to the robot.

Kids in third through sixth grades can learn how to build and program a LEGO robot with help from the Electric Hornets. The ...

Despite decades of progress, most robots are still programmed for specific, repetitive tasks. They struggle with the unexpected and can't adapt to new situations without painstaking reprogramming. But ...

There are plenty of Arduino-based robots in the world, but actually building one is a bit tough if you're not familiar with Arduino programming. But a company called ArcBotics has created an ...

How to Build an Empathetic Robot Before we can share our lives with machines, we must teach them to understand and mimic human emotion ...

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

How do you make a robot smarter? Program it to know what it doesn't know Date: November 28, 2023 Source: Princeton University, Engineering School Summary: Engineers have come up with a new way to ...

Whether it's which tasks we can automate, the cost and time necessary for robot automation or how workers can contribute, the rise of easy-to-program robots forces us to rethink our assumptions ...

You might think a robot would be more likely to win people over if it were good at its job. But according to a recent study, people find imperfect robots more likable.

To make this prediction possible, the robots are pre programmed with a basic grasp of physics so that they understand what happens when objects collide.