Banking on the idea that helper robots will be as ubiquitous in homes and offices as they are today in factories, Evolution Robotics has raised almost $14 million to continue developing both software ...

IRobot (NASDAQ:IRBT) is buying rival Evolution Robotics, maker of the Mint and Mint Plus floor-cleaning robots, for $74M in cash. IRobot claims the deal, which might raise some antitrust concerns, is ...

Different insects flap their wings in different manners. Understanding the variations between these modes of flight may help scientists design better and more efficient flying robots in the future.

Are Phase 2 restrictions getting you down? Pick up tips from the Yahoo team on dealing with the SMM with flair. iRobot celebrated Roomba's 10th birthday quietly teeing up a $74 million acquisition of ...

If humans cleaned floors the way robots do, they would be fired, or rushed to the hospital. Imagine a janitor slamming into desks and chairs and walls, vacuuming the same corner five times, yet always ...

So, here's how you go about evolving robots. First, buy a fancy computer and set up a virtual world that mimics the real world with the laws of physics - gravity and such -- programmed into it. You ...

The AI-designed robot has three legs, rear fins, a flat face and is riddled with holes — something a human engineer would never conceive. Inventor of xenobots unveils new advance toward artificial ...