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.

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 ...

The Shonkbot is what the team at Bristol Hackspace came up with for a robot that is obvious in its working and encouragingly easy to build, even for kids (with supervision).

The Ganker kits don’t assemble quite as easy as Lego bricks do, but that’s because the robots are packed with servo motors, sensors, omni-directional wheels, and even tiny weapons that allow ...

Discover the fascinating process of creating a spider robot right at home with our easy-to-follow guide! This video takes you ...

To make the robot more affordable, they developed strategies to subsidize its cost. In the version of Blossom presented in the study, the materials are created using 3D printers, instead of more ...

The kit comes with a visual programming language that makes it fast and easy to program your robot. Pick up the SunFounder Nano DIY 4-DOF Robot Kit at the here for just $49.99.

Build your own Palm robot -- it's easy Researchers at Carnegie Mellon's Robotics Institute offer a do-it-yourself kit and online instructions -- in 15 steps, you've got a Palm Pilot robot.