Developers can build intelligent robots with Java, as it provides APIs for programming systems that can see, hear, speak, move, and even learn, using neural networks, which are algorithms that mimic ...

A Winnipeg-based company is using 3D virtual models to teach kids the basics of programming robots. "We all have this feeling that robotics is rocket science. We want to make robotics fun and easy and ...

Hundreds of students woke up early to show off their programming skills and robotic creations on Saturday morning at Edmonton's Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT) main campus. Forty-three ...

Lego is the ultimate tonic to an increasing digital world. It's a physical toy that makes you use your hands, which is a welcome break from the staring-at-screens we otherwise do all day. It's no ...

Fourth-grade student Sergio Preciado of Richland demonstrates how the Lego robot he helped write code for works on the “Submerged” themed task board. Bob Brawdy [email protected] Richland, WA ...

From left, Tender Defenders teammates Hayden Carey, Evan McCleary and Will Bashaw prepare a computer-programmed Lego robot to run on their obstacle course. They are all from Jackson Middle School but ...

Editor’s Note: This is part of a series called Inside the Lab, which gives audiences a first-hand look at the research laboratories at the University of Chicago and the scholars who are tackling some ...

These sets are alive, they will save Will Robinson, and lie to you about cake—give these LEGO robots your vote!

Before my daughter got to test out Dash and Dot, our dogs were already getting to know them. I’d gotten the two kid-friendly robots — Dash, who sits up high on three wheels, and Dot, his more static ...