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.

Discover the fascinating process of creating a spider robot right at home with our easy-to-follow guide! This video takes you step by step through the materials needed and the assembly process. Learn ...

Learning to build a robot arm will teach you how to breadboard a circuit, how to program your Arduino, and how to work with moving parts.

Just as the researchers did, you will need to translate the Ikea assembly directions into computer code that the robot could use to plan and execute its task.

Some robots make people feel like climbing the wall, and other robots climb the walls themselves. Root a new code-teaching robot is the latest in a long line of teaching bots designed to inspire ...

How to Build a Robot Octopus Smart, strong and flexible, the octopus is an enticing model for an entirely new kind of many-armed, multitalented robot ...

Anyone interested in building a Doggo can visit the Stanford team's GitHub page to access the comprehensive plans and code that went into building the robot dog, as well a supply list of parts.

DIY robots are becoming the gateway to coding. Over the last couple of years, a new wave of cute-faced bots has taken shape to make programming languages fun for kids. Instead of dense textbooks ...

Robots are creeping farther into our lives each month. Kickstarter right now is packed with more than 1,100 projects that aim to build robot bartenders, robot gardeners and even a 15-foot robot ...

Ever wanted to build a robot? Trick question. Everybody wants to build a robot. Since the dawn of man, it’s been our mission to create untethered beauty and then immediately subjugate it to our ...

Here’s our soft robot hand in action: This article was originally published in the May 2015 issue of Popular Science, under the title “Wave Hello To A Soft Robot Hand.” ...