The Pirkus is a fine-looking robot kit that can, once assembled, be controlled via a Bluetooth-enabled phone. The kit isn’t cheap—it’s quoted at 1,000 quid—but it’s no slump when it comes to abilities ...

Historically, the subject of our January teardown has been a piece of high-tech holiday lighting from the clearance rack; after all, they can usually be picked up for pocket change once the trucks ...

The project is designed to control a robotic vehicle using an android application. Bluetooth device is interfaced to the control unit on the robot for sensing the signals transmitted by the android ...

This roller skating robot from Japan may not drink and spew catchphrases like “Bite My Shiny Metal Ass”, but unlike Bender, you can control this one with your Bluetooth-enabled cellphone. Plen has 18 ...

FORT's new capability uses globally compatible Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) 5.2 wireless communication in a highly specialized industrial implementation. By leveraging a transmission power that is 10 ...

A California robotics company says it is ready to bring humanoid robots into homes, announcing that preorders are now open ...

An American company just launched what they say is the first humanoid robot that is able to do domestic chores. View on ...

Last year at CES French startup Pollen Robotics debuted Reachy, an open-source humanoid robot (the top half of one at least) capable of performing a wide variety of tasks — from traditional R&D to ...

All the cool projects now can connect to a computer or phone for control, right? But it is a pain to create an app to run on different platforms to talk to your project. [Kevin Darrah] says no and ...

How small is Northwestern University’s robot crab? It’s sit-on-the-side-of-a-penny small. It’s half a millimeter wide — making it even smaller than a common flea. Researchers behind it have determined ...

The Safe Remote Control Pro from Fort Robotics enables users to command multiple machines from a distance while also offering a built-in SIL 3–certified emergency stop button. The Safe Remote Control ...