May 29, 2009A chip engineer's simple dream--to build a robot that can bring him a cold one--turns into a years-long home-brewed robotics project.TAGS:robot, beer, quest, Star Wars, bot
February 28, 2005A Japanese firm has developed a mannequin robot that can strike glamorous poses for shoppers--and spy on what they're buying.TAGS:pose, robot, bot, photograph
January 8, 2007Want a robot that picks up your clothes? The maker of Roomba is out with a device that can be programmed to suit consumers' specific needs.Photos: Creating a customized iRobotTAGS:iRobot Corp., robot, iRobot Roomba, bot
October 10, 2005Driverless cars traversed 132 miles of desert to complete the DARPA Grand Challenge. Also: NASA's 'bots for on high.TAGS:robot, Stanford, bot, car, photograph
March 17, 2006They're hardly Kobe and Shaq, but these robots can fling a Nerf ball--and inspire kids to learn science, too. Photos: Bots hit the courtTAGS:robot, bot, science, Palo Alto, field, kid, California, U.S., video
February 8, 2005For $2 million prize, university's Hummers will attempt to traverse 175 miles of desert in less than 10 hours. Agency will watch.TAGS:Hummer, mile, robot, bot, agency
November 5, 2007The Urban Challenge's competitive drama seeds the idea in people's minds that self-driving cars are possible.Photos: DARPA ChallengeTAGS:robotics, Tony Tether, robot, Stanford, race, car, bot