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In the rapidly evolving sphere of technology, the convergence of programming languages and robotics stands as a testament to human ingenuity. Among these groundbreaking integrations is the fusion of PHP, a versatile server-side scripting language, and robotics. This union has given rise to the development of sophisticated web interfaces that enable seamless human control over robots. In this article, we ...

Tokyo's Team SCHAFT has been named the winner of the DARPA Robotics Challenge after two days of grueling competition!

If you're looking for something to keep you entertained on YouTube (as if you have to look all that hard) check out gymnast bot. Aside from sticking every landing, gymnast bot has all the moves and they just keep on coming. Once you watch this bot in action you'll want to check out every video ever made of gymnast bot...so what are you waiting for?

Have you ever wondered what your favorite Disney / Pixar character would be like if they were real? Well, if your favorite character is Wall-E then you don't have to wonder anymore!

Fiction has brought to life many great robotic characters through the pages of books and movie portrayals. Today we want to share 6 of our favorite fictional robots that we wish were real!

Scientists for the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences of the University of California at Berkeley have created an electronic skin that can give robots an almost human-esque sense of touch for the first time in technological history. The pressure-sensitive skin, made using germanium and silicon, is controlled via built-in capacitors which interpret changes in the skin�s thickness. Depending ...

The world just got a little creepier. Honda, the company that made your sister’s ’02 Civic, has developed a way to transmit brain signals to a robot, allowing humans to control robots remotely. Honda has “read patterns of electric currents on a person’s scalp as well as changes in cerebral blood flow when a person thinks about four simple movements ...

Robotics can be an expensive hobby but cheap robot projects do exist. Instructables member Imadami has made a DIY robot with an Arduino brain that you can build yourself for under a hundred dollars. This remote controlled robot is stocked with a pan and tilt system that could be used to aim a camera or even a USB missile launcher ...

Ryan may kick ass at Guitar Hero, but I fail miserably due to the fact that I play a real guitar and I find it hard to unlearn from the game. For the brainiacs at Near Future Laboratory, mastering a game isn’t necessary when you have a robot to do it for you. Using solenoids and what I’m assuming are ...

In recent years, Honda’s robotics division has really taken off. After seeing ASIMO fall down a flight of stairs during CES one year, I pretty much lost all confidence in the company. That is, until I saw this experimental walking assistance device that’s set to be unveiled in Japan this week. Aimed at the elderly and people with disabilities, it ...