Arduino TFT screen gets official

Just a few days after rolling out a new IDE (integrated development environment) and an official Robot, Arduino has launched a TFT LCD screen.

Robots will soon rule the roost

Robots will start replacing human brains by 2045 and artificially intelligent machines may be capable of doing anything that humans can, including standing in line for new Apple products.
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Isaac Asimov invoked to save us from killer robots

Campaigners are calling for laws which are similar to Isaac Asimov's first law of robotics to prohibit the use of robots which can kill without a human control switch.

Flying robots could build these prefab towers

The concept of the flying robot has rarely had positive connotations. Usually the very mention of the words “flying robot” or “drone” leads to talk about government intrusion or terrifying, secret high-tech warfare. Rarely does it conjure images of benign uses (or even mechanical best friends).

Artificial skin becomes real possibility

A team of US and Chinese scientists has managed to come up with an experimental sensor array that can sense pressure like a human fingertip.   

US Navy develops robotic jellyfish

The US Navy has asked scientists at the Virginia Tech College of Engineering to continue the development of a robotic jellyfish for surveillance use.

Human finds its human

Urban to take lead role in new sci-fi procedural drama.

Robots get their own internet

Scientists have turned on a web-based database specifically for robots, designed to let them share information about their behavior and environment.

Robot hedgehogs could explore Martian moon

Rolling robots like spiky tumbleweeds could be used to explore the moons of Mars, says a team of NASA, Stanford and MIT engineers.

These robots are ready to clean up Fukushima

The 2011 earthquake and tsunami that crippled TEPCO’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant may be a distant memory to those of us in the US, but the consequences of that disaster are a daily reality for the Japanese.

Pacific Rim trailer punches through

Warner Bros. has released the first trailer for its upcoming sci-fi mech-fighter flick.

'Transformer' robot can become almost anything

MIT engineers say they've created a miniature device that can fold itself up into amost any shape, opening the way for cheap, reconfigurable robots.

Artificial brain 'Spaun' passes IQ tests

Researchers at the University of Waterloo, Canada, have built the world’s most sophisticated artificial brain to date. 

Robot Combat League brings the mechanical beatdown

A long time ago, I used to watch a show called Robot Wars that featured  little remote-controlled 'bots.

Concept art for RoboCop reboot blackens the armor

A plethora of RoboCop reboot images recently hit the 'Net, courtesy of a leaked concept reel. Spoilers follow.

Wahlberg confirmed for Transformers 4

Development picks up on the new film in the wildly popular franchise.

BSG: Blood & Chrome will come home

Universal Studios Home Entertainment to release unrated cut of the Battlestar Galactica prequel serial.

More details from Gaiman's Who episode revealed

Doctor Who TV gets an inside look at what the episode will be about, and how the villains will be redesigned. Warning: Spoilers follows.

Watch the first 25 minutes of BSG: Blood & Chrome

Machinima has released the first two episodes of the Battlestar Galactica prequel.

Video: Fan remake of Descent is in the works and looking good

Modder Madmax1998 is making us the Descent we deserve.