Robotics & Transportation

What makes a robot a robot?

Robotics & Transportation
Are Drivers Ready For High-Tech Onslaught?

Self-parking, auto-braking, always-connected cars will soon be the norm as James Bond-like high-tech gear trickles down from luxury models to budget rides in 2008.

Body Of A Car, Brains Of A PC

Car buyers usually compare things like horsepower, mileage and warranties. But increasingly, the most important parts of a new car are also the least visible: software.

Former iRobot Employees Cultivate New Idea

At a meeting of the MIT Enterprise Forum on July 30, a company that includes two former iRobot employees announced that it's developing an autonomous robot capable of...organizing potted plants.