If you want an easy project to complete in a day or so, or something to introduce kids to the world of robots and electronics, make this light-following robot your weekend project.

Danish toy company Lego and 3D design company Autodesk want to make it easier for tech-savvy children to build complicated robots by introducing 3D software that shows every step in the building ...

Robots capable of reading diagrams could work in more varied environments and be easier to communicate with.

A new system based on research by Brown University computer scientists makes robots better at following spoken instructions, no matter how abstract or specific those instructions may be. The ...

Another possibility: It could “read” the instructions itself, Suarez-Ruiz suggested. For now, humans still outperform the robot when it comes to furniture assembly, Suarez-Ruiz said.

These modular robots self-assemble to make furniture Swiss researchers have developed Roombots to make, move and enhance furniture.

These actions are converted into a general set of instructions – much like those found in an IKEA furniture instruction manual – that can be interpreted even by non-humanoid robots.

Getting robots to carry out repetitive tasks precisely and untiringly is relatively easy. Getting them to do it in the most efficient way possible is another thing entirely. Unai Ugalde-Olea ...

Tufts University roboticists Gordon Briggs and Matthias Scheutz are studying how to make robots more intelligent in the actions they take, and when those actions should go against explicit ...