Lego robots The Lego Mindstorms Robotics Invention System (RIS) is a kit for building and programming Lego robots. It has 718 Lego bricks including two motors, two touch sensors, one light sensor ...

A dedicated and talented user community has produced dozens of alternate programming environments for these robots, everything from Forth to C to SmallTalk.

When you think about robotics, Freescale Semiconductor probably isn't the first company to come to mind -- but they're hoping that will soon change. The company, which began its life as a division ...

Know how to program robots? CEO says now's a great time to learn The open-source Robotic Operating System (ROS) just turned eight. Here's why you should get involved.

Sixteen Belmonte fifth-graders in the afterschool robotics program created LEGO robots and are in the process of figuring out how to program them to complete up to 17 different tasks.

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 ...

Students at a Brooklyn middle school now have a robot in the class, and they've been learning how to program it.

Robotics classes are becoming popular in middle and high schools, but now a new program aims to bring those 21st century skills to early childhood education.