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Google lunar challenge gets under way

February 22, 2008 12:48 PM PST

Google and the X Prize Foundation kick off their Google Lunar X Prize, announcing the first 10 registered competitors.

Head over heels for tomorrow's personal robots

January 11, 2008 11:55 AM PST

Our future appears to be full of empathetic, human-like, companion robots at relatively low prices.

The evolution of a dino-bot

December 17, 2007 10:23 AM PST

Take a look behind the scenes at Ugobe, maker of a robot named Pleo. Could this dinosaur device win your heart?
Photos: The birthplace of Pleo

Year in review: Entrepreneurs, NASA shoot for the moon

October 20, 2008 2:06 PM PDT

At the intersection of science and technology, 2007 was overrun by robots and space adventures.

Opening act for Gibson's self-tuning guitar

December 5, 2007 1:37 PM PST

The guitar strings serve as the network on the Robot Guitar, which could save professional musicians time when changing keys.
Photos: Self-tuning six string
Video: Gibson's self-tuning guitar

Battle of the urban robots

November 5, 2007 10:32 AM PST

Teams in pursuit of top prize in DARPA bot showdown set their creations loose on a 60-mile city course.

Paradise for tech tinkerers

November 5, 2007 10:22 AM PST

TechShop, an innovative haven for fans of personal fabrication, is bringing its DIY message to cities around the U.S.
Photos: Hobbyists heed TechShop's siren song

DARPA race pushes robotics forward

November 5, 2007 10:26 AM PST

The Urban Challenge's competitive drama seeds the idea in people's minds that self-driving cars are possible.
Photos: DARPA Challenge

Week in video: Robots of the future, technology today

November 3, 2007 6:00 AM PDT

A humanoid robot with a back story, developers using robotics in daily life, and a tech-centric look at Tokyo.

Start-up warms up personal robots

October 30, 2007 11:14 AM PDT

Silicon Valley company started by a Google veteran plans to make its robotics software open-source.
Photos: Tuning up autonomous vehicles

iRobot CEO: Forget 'The Jetsons'

September 27, 2007 2:44 PM PDT

Chief executive Colin Angle offers a vision for the robot home contrary to the one you might have looked forward to as a kid.
Photos: iRobot phones home, cleans gutters

Caltech's spin on DARPA's robot race

September 25, 2007 11:11 AM PDT

In a race of driverless vehicles--and especially in collisions between them--size matters.
Photos: 'Alice' in DARPA-land

Google offers $30 million to land on the moon

September 14, 2007 8:58 AM PDT

The search giant, known for supporting science projects, backs a private robotic race to the moon.
Photos: Touting the Google Lunar X Prize

Week in video: Computers old and new, and ones that clean

August 24, 2007 3:21 PM PDT

A look at computing history, the new Roomba 560 cleaning robot, and a tour of one of the most eco-friendly buildings.

iRobot's Angle on the future: More profit

August 23, 2007 6:10 AM PDT

Colin Angle, CEO of iRobot, talks about what the company can do for the military as well as for your dirty floors.

Sucking it up with the new Roomba

August 22, 2007 9:31 AM PDT

Cats and spare change, take notice: there's a new Roomba in town.
Photos: iRobot's new 'robust' Roomba
Video: New Roomba put to the test

NASA tests lunar robots in Arctic crater

July 23, 2007 12:23 PM PDT

Researchers headed north to simulate a lunar environment. Unfortunately, the weather has been a little too nice.
Photos: Lunar rovers on a test drive

Betting on the future of eldercare tech

July 31, 2007 6:28 AM PDT

Majd Alwan wants to reduce health care costs and improve care for the elderly. It's been tried before, but now he thinks it will work.

Stanford robot passes driving test

June 15, 2007 8:11 AM PDT

Defending champion Stanford passes its first test in quest to be one of 30 finalists to join the DARPA Urban Challenge.
Photos: Passing DARPA's test

The pit crews behind DARPA's robot race

June 5, 2007 1:13 PM PDT

From MIT professors to high school dropouts, humans are the driving force as the urban challenge draws closer.
Photos: Teams tune up for Urban Challenge