Robots are super interesting, but you probably shouldn’t start learning about them with a full-sized industrial SCARA arm or anything. Better to learn with something smaller and simpler to understand.

How about making a simple robot built with an inverted pendulum mechanism? The robot would balance on two wheels and uses a simple switch and sensor circuit. This would help beginners to get a hang of ...

Overview AI robots need both real-world and synthetic data to learn effectively, with tools like simulation and teleoperation ...

Stanford University’s Computer Science 123 course gives undergraduates a crash course in the future of robotics by having them build and then upgrade their AI-powered robot dogs. Now in its third year ...

New research helps robots combine language and gestures to find objects in cluttered spaces, improving how they understand ...

If you’re designing a robot for a specific purpose, you’re probably ordering fresh parts and going with a clean sheet design. If you’re just building for fun though, you can just go with whatever ...

Robots are everywhere in our imaginations—helping older adults at home, stocking warehouses, cleaning offices, and taking on dangerous jobs that humans shouldn’t have to do. Yet outside of factories ...