3D printers have become a staple in most makerspaces these days, enabling hackers to rapidly produce simple mechanical prototypes without the need for a dedicated machine shop. We’ve seen many ...

If you are looking for something to keep you busy this weekend, or to entertain your children, you may be interested in a new tutorial published to the Wired website this week providing full ...

Discover how to build a mini vibrating robot spider using simple household materials. This step-by-step guide shows you how to use a small motor, copper wire, and button batteries to create a moving ...

This morning Sphero revealed a project called Sphero RVR, a do-it-yourself robot. This robot works with simple-to-use software and 3rd-party hardware, and is part of a Kickstarter right out the gate.

February 8, 2009 Segway slipped into the lexicon as the term for a self-balancing ride-on robot soon after the launch of Dean Kamen's famous invention in 2001. The Segway is certainly a unique way to ...

If you’ve ever thought about how cool it would be to know about and experiment with robotics, there’s no better way to plunge in than with Arduino. The recognized leader in single-board electronics ...

[Aaed Musa] has built a variety of robots over the years, but found off-the-shelf servos to be underwhelming for his work. Thus, he set out to build a better actuator to support his goals of building ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Looking for a Halloween costume this year? Do-It-Yourself (DIY) costumes often intimidate people - but this simple robot costume is super easy to make! Most of the materials, you ...

A team from NCCR robotics in Switzerland has devised squishy, air-powered actuators that can be combined to make remarkably flexible, squishy robots. Most autonomous machines rely on servomotors to ...