Cutting Edge >> Robotics

Head over heels for tomorrow's personal robots

Our future appears to be full of empathetic, human-like, companion robots at relatively low prices.

January 11, 2008, 11:55 AM PST

Week in video: Robots of the future, technology today

A humanoid robot with a back story, developers using robotics in daily life, and a tech-centric look at Tokyo.

November 3, 2007, 6:00 AM PDT

Start-up warms up personal robots

Silicon Valley company started by a Google veteran plans to make its robotics software open-source.
Photos: Tuning up autonomous vehicles

October 23, 2007, 9:00 PM PDT

Caltech's spin on DARPA's robot race

In a race of driverless vehicles--and especially in collisions between them--size matters.
Photos: 'Alice' in DARPA-land

September 25, 2007, 10:32 AM PDT

The future of intelligent machines

roundup Technologists and investors gather at the Singularity Summit to discuss what to do in the event that machines one day outthink humans.

September 9, 2007, 1:28 PM PDT

Coming to grips with intelligent machines

Technologists head to San Francisco to discuss the benefits and risks of AI and how to deal with computers that are smarter than humans.

September 7, 2007, 4:00 AM PDT

Sucking it up with the new Roomba

reporter's notebook Cats and spare change, take notice: there's a new Roomba in town.
Photos: iRobot's new 'robust' Roomba
Video: New Roomba put to the test

August 21, 2007, 9:01 PM PDT

Stanford robot passes driving test

Defending champion Stanford passes its first test in quest to be one of 30 finalists to join the DARPA Urban Challenge.
Photos: Passing DARPA's test

June 14, 2007, 8:10 PM PDT

From bots to Woz, Maker Faire sizzles

roundup Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak urges kids to get fired up about tech tinkering, as robotic machines put on a fiery finale.

May 21, 2007, 3:45 PM PDT