From the Ben Gurion University's robotics lab in Israel comes the SpiderBot, which gets around in much the same way as the Man. The robot's webs are actually tethered plungers that it can pull away from a surface, reel back...

Yamamoto Katsura, a graduate of Waseda University in Japan, has created an oversized costume of Honda's beloved Asimo that you can wear as a suit. Well, that is, if you don't mind shelling out $400 to build it, which is...

We told you a bit about the Robot Operating System (or ROS) before when it was helping a 'bot from Willow Garage find power outlets and — after the International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Pasedena, California last month...

Why are the Transformers so compelling? Beyond the surprisingly deep mythology and incredible special effects, the entire idea of something effortlessly shape-shifting from one physical mode to another is intriguing, if only because it's not something you often see. If...