If you want an easy project to complete in a day or so, or something to introduce kids to the world of robots and electronics, make this light-following robot your weekend project.

Here’s one way to tackle the dreaded task of assembling your Ikea furniture: Get a robot to do it for you.

For robots to be predictable and adaptive, they need a priority-based architecture and a new legal model, argues a researcher ...

Humanoid robots move by walking on two legs and using robotic arms to manipulate objects. Their motion relies on balance, ...

These robots look real, but not all robots have such exact specifications. In fact, veering away from human features might be more effective.

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.

Cynthia Sung, head of the Sung Robotics Lab within Penn's GRASP Lab, is especially interested in getting high school students into engineering. Self-folding origami robots, anyone?

To get the most mileage of out your robot, add the dimension of mobility by incorporating a linear seventh axis.