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.

To create an intelligent robot, the team first needs to engineer body feedback systems, including adding more sensors in the arms to detect how much the limbs have extended or contracted.

At their core, all robots work by integrating sensors, controllers, actuators, and software. Each part plays a vital role in transforming a machine into a responsive, purposeful system.

To let users create additional functionality, ArcBotics is preparing programming samples and tutorials for controlling the robot's sensors and actuators.

Scientists make origami-esque sensors The sensors allow “soft robots” to perform more complicated tasks.

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 ...

But computers are blind, so autonomous cars must rely on other ways to perceive their surroundings. Lidar sensors, a laser form of radar, have emerged as a powerful way for robot cars to navigate.

A team in Florida has created a walking robot with a twist: It needs no computer or sensors to move around. Rather, the Planar Elliptical Runner (PER) relies solely on its design to maintain its ...

It incorporates six littleBits -components, which are sold via the company's -website. Two bright LEDs and light sensors rigged to motors keep the robot moving along a line of black electrical tape.