A dumpster loomed in front of the autonomous car as it drove down a quiet residential street in Mountain View. “Unidentified objects like this can be hard” for autonomous vehicles, said Shai Magzimof, ...

If you're a sucker for remote control toys and you've got a soft spot for Transformers, Hammacher Schlemmer's latest distraction might appeal. Converting from a 13-inch tall two-wheeled robot to a ...

If you’re looking for a fun family project to round out summer vacation, consider picking up this gigantic Robot Building Kit. It’s designed for kids eight and up, although its 901-piece assembly will ...

Consumer surveys point to lingering public concerns about the safety of self-driving cars even as the technology launches this year with Waymo’s robot-taxi service in Phoenix. Silicon Valley startup ...

For better or worse, Tesla — under the direction of Elon Musk — is serious about its robotaxi ambitions. And so it’s preparing to use the same sneaky trick that its competitors use to make their cars ...

Sure, you might not be able to mount up on it and nearly smash your soft, half-empty skull on a cement floor with this, but the remote control robotic arm is still ...

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Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a next-generation wearable system that enables people to ...

Oh, dominoes — the fun of knocking them down is inversely proportional to the pain of setting them all up again. [DIY Machines] is saving loads of time by automating the boring part with a remote ...

Codable robots are definitely a thing these days, but Cue still stands out from the crowd. You can program this little guy to do just about anything, using block ...