Open source programming platform Arduino has spawned thousands of enthusiastic DIY-gadget heads. The Arduino board, with its "Made in Italy" tag, features a microcontroller that can be programmed for ...

Facebook has lifted the curtain on its robotics research. On Monday, the company published a blog post detailing three of its robotics projects. Each focuses on finding ways for robots to teach ...

First introduced in 2002, The iRobot Roomba was conceived as a robotic vacuum cleaner. Just about every hacker, maker, and engineer out there immediately wanted one. The Roomba proved to be more than ...

The second floor of Boelter Hall is often heard before it’s seen. Filled with sounds of metal striking metal, the open workspace is cluttered with wires, rods and circuit boards, serving as the home ...

The old song tells us that the leg bone is connected to the hip bone, but how are we to know if the articulated cam can connect to the brushless motor? There are, sadly, no songs designed to tell us ...

Think about the excitement that accompanies dreams of sending a rocket into space, making a first solo flight, becoming an astronaut or someday visiting other planets. Blast off with the 4-H Aerospace ...

Inside a UNC-Chapel Hill Science lab sits an autonomous robot. Imagine a machine like a Roomba, but with an arm, so it can pick up things like a dirty sock off the floor. A group of researchers from ...

Kate Sample coaches the Botcats, a FIRST Robotics Competition Team that has made incredible strides over the years and makes its home at West Broward High School in Pembroke Pines. In February 2020 at ...