The Pirkus is a fine-looking robot kit that can, once assembled, be controlled via a Bluetooth-enabled phone. The kit isn’t cheap—it’s quoted at 1,000 quid—but it’s no slump when it comes to abilities ...

This roller skating robot from Japan may not drink and spew catchphrases like “Bite My Shiny Metal Ass”, but unlike Bender, you can control this one with your Bluetooth-enabled cellphone. Plen has 18 ...

Originally a bunch of children's toys, then comic books, cartoons and movies, robot action figures than morph into vehicles and back again have proved immensely popular over the years. After a ...

Hackaday editors Elliot Williams and Mike Szczys peruse the great hardware hacks of the past week. There’s a robot walker platform that wirelessly offloads motor control planning to a computer. We ...

[Carl Bugeja] has been working on his PCB motors for more than three years now, and it doesn’t seem like he is close to running out of ideas for the project. His latest creation is a tiny ...

A new robot snake kit has been created by Nevon Project which is powered using the Arduino Mega microcontroller and is equipped with 12 servos for locomotion and to control its 12 segments. The ...

A nearly human-sized robot grabs a dish out of a crowded sink with its gripper arms and neatly adds it to the dishwasher. It then sets the table, placing a flower into a vase, and pours a glass of red ...

Researchers have developed a collaborative brain-robot interface for people with severe motor impairments. Their findings ...