The computer scientist Christoph Salge is trying to circumvent the need for rules that guide robots’ behavior. His strategy: Give them a goal of making us more powerful.

An Arduino-based robot for people who don’t know how to build robots "Sparki" ideal for teaching kids (or adults) how to program robots.

Robots are creeping farther into our lives each month. Kickstarter right now is packed with more than 1,100 projects that aim to build robot bartenders, robot gardeners and even a 15-foot robot ...

Happy, sad, surprised, angry, neutral: These are the five emotions conveyed by Bartholomew, the tiny robot designed by researchers in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Just taller than a ...

Happy, sad, surprised, angry, neutral: These are the five emotions conveyed by Bartholomew, the tiny robot designed by researchers in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Just taller than a ...

Researchers at Haub Innovation Center at Saint Joseph’s University are developing ways for AI-powered robots to support aging adults with autism, writes Nicole Leonard for the WHYY.

Making robots a bigger part of such care requires not just technological development, he says, but a societal shift involving caregivers, older people, the medical community and insurers.