The science magazines of the 50s were fond of portraying the future as populated with ‘droids designed to ease life in every way imaginable. Sadly, it is the future, and that’s not quite the way ...

We tested robot lawn mowers for months to find the few that can maintain an even cut with minimal hands-on effort, even on ...

Window-cleaning robots haven’t quite arrived, but if you’ve got enough very large windows, it could be worth it.

Robot vacuums are the ultimate 'hands-free' appliance, doing the bulk of your floor care for you while you go about your life, especially when their docks empty and clean the robots for you. But you ...

Robots are super interesting, but you probably shouldn’t start learning about them with a full-sized industrial SCARA arm or anything. Better to learn with something smaller and simpler to understand.

All six of the robot vacuums we tested. From top left to right, the Husqvarna 410 iQ, the Yarbo Lawn Mower, the Airseeker Tron. From bottom left to right, the Eufy E15, the Segway Navimow X390, and ...

If you’re designing a robot for a specific purpose, you’re probably ordering fresh parts and going with a clean sheet design. If you’re just building for fun though, you can just go with whatever ...

When a robot company is founded by graduates from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, you can bet they’ll create some innovative products. iRobot, famed for the Roomba robo-vac, is arguably the ...

This robot mower took care of my lawn for months - and it's currently $300 off ...

Innovation and disruption are rampant within the retail industry. Every week Amazon opens up something new—a new Amazon Go store, a 4-Star store, a GH Lab at the Mall of America, or even a new fashion ...

Inspired by a theoretical model of particles moving around on a chessboard, new robot swarm research shows that, as magnetic interactions increase, dispersed 'dumb robots' can abruptly gather in large ...