But a team of researchers at Harvard has recognized that there are some behaviors that are so instinctual that it's possible to induce animals to act as if they were robotic. Or mostly robotic, at ...

In the future, the design could be adapted to incorporate miniature sensors or cameras, expanding the robot’s functionality.

it uses your phone’s front-facing camera to track your facial expressions and head movements to control the robot. The app immediately locked onto my face and when I smiled, Sphero Mini took off.

The Gemini integration will allow the home robot to process audio and video inputs, visual data from its camera, and data from its sensors, Samsung says.

Forward-looking: Engineers at the University of California, Berkeley, have unveiled a flying robot that mimics the agility and precision of a bumblebee. Weighing just 21 milligrams and measuring ...