If you've ever used Legos to build a car that can wheel around, a pulley that can lift stuff or a claw that can grab an item, then you've gotten almost halfway to engineering a robot. That's part of ...

Current Northwestern Master of Science in Robotics (MSR) student Senthil Palanisamy talks about the challenges he faced and what others can learn from his Embedded Systems in Robotics final project.

Kids in third through sixth grades can learn how to build and program a LEGO robot with help from the Electric Hornets during ...

Building robots from the plastic bricks also builds confidence. “It’s just that wonderful of a medium to delve into,” a middle school teacher says. Sure, Lego is a childhood classic, but in recent ...

The LEGO pieces are part of the robot the team entered in the FIRST Lego League Tournament, a robotics competition designed for students ages 9 to 14. This was the first time the school entered a team ...

LAS VEGAS--Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, start your programming engines: Lego Mindstorms EV3 is here. The third full generation of Lego's programmable robotics platform, EV3 is aimed at both ...

Just like every other kid, I used to pretend that my toys were alive, especially my Lego creations. In my mind, those studded blocks became wild animals and knights in shinning armor. If only I had ...

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 ...

I started with CNET reviewing laptops in 2009. Now I explore wearable tech, VR/AR, tablets, gaming and future/emerging trends in our changing world. Other obsessions include magic, immersive theater, ...

Toy-kit robots are helping a team of British scientists build artificial bones, a mind-numbing task their lab didn't want to outsource to expensive industrial research and manufacturing robots. "LEGOs ...