All robots have brains, even the insect size ground rovers do a remarkable job of negotiating rough terrain with nothing more than a few switch sensors. These small robots are fun to construct and ...

Researchers at Harvard University have just created the first autonomous, entirely soft robot: the "octobot." Developed through a combination of 3-D printing, molding, and soft lithography, the ...

It’s not often we see a well-crafted retro robot action-platformer these days, but it looks like Domesticated Ant Games has us covered this week with Gravity Circuit. Can we defeat a Virus Army waging ...

Panasonic sure knows how to market their stuff. First the company made its cute Evolta robot hoist itself up a 500 meter-cliff at Grand Canyon last year to show off the power of the Evolta batteries.

With the electronics world outdoing itself at every turn, your next gadget will be obsolete almost the moment you purchase it. Mike Schropp over at Total Geekdom believes that we can still find use ...

By using one physical principle—magnetism—to drive both movement and power, the team created a robot that is more efficient, ...

”Short Circuit” is an obvious ”WarGames” ripoff in which a robot steals every scene from wooden performances by the always-too-eager-to-p lease Steve Guttenberg and the usually likable Ally Sheedy.

Dimension Films has tapped Dan Milano to script “Short Circuit,” the remake of the 1986 pic. The original was about an armed robot that acquired a personality after a lightning strike, and sought the ...

There is no doubt there is an over saturation of retro-styled arcade shooters in the gaming medium and, because of this, it becomes harder for some to impress when comparing to others. Developer ...

A replica of the robot from the Short Circuit films has gone trick or treating for Halloween - dressed as a ghost. Johnny 5 brought smiles to children's faces as it rolled from door to door in ...