The computer scientist Christoph Salge is trying to circumvent the need for rules that guide robots’ behavior. His strategy: Give them a goal of making us more powerful.

Build your own Palm robot -- it's easy Researchers at Carnegie Mellon's Robotics Institute offer a do-it-yourself kit and online instructions -- in 15 steps, you've got a Palm Pilot robot.

The Shonkbot is what the team at Bristol Hackspace came up with for a robot that is obvious in its working and encouragingly easy to build, even for kids (with supervision).

Discover the fascinating process of creating a spider robot right at home with our easy-to-follow guide! This video takes you ...

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

Find out how to build your own robot and make a friend for Robert the Robot from Justin's House! It's really easy and can be done using simple materials you might have in the house.

The reason for this has to do with its “local forward” model: Basically, it looks at how certain action sequences two or three steps into the future affect the world, for both you and itself. So as a ...

Building robots motivated to create the “greatest good for the greatest number”, or to “treat others as you would wish to be treated” would be safer than laying down simplistic rules.

Bio-inspired termite robots build complicated buildings without structure blueprint, with amazing simple rules, Harvard researchers say in Science ...

Simple robots, smart algorithms Date: April 29, 2021 Source: Georgia Institute of Technology Summary: Inspired by a theoretical model of particles moving around on a chessboard, new robot swarm ...