With just a transistor and sensor coil, a new DIY motor achieves continuous motion without complex external electronics.

One of the joys of browsing secondhand shops is the possibility of finding old, perhaps restorable or hackable, electronics at low prices. Admittedly, they usually seem to be old flat-screen TVs, ...

Realbotix, which showed its humanoids at CES 2026, illustrates how technology can mature past adult entertainment, writes columnist Oliver Mitchell.

When 12-year-old Matteo Mucchetti mapped out an amusement-style attraction that he wanted to create in his family’s basement and then showed it to his older brother Nico, the high-school sophomore was ...

The company's Motion Sketch feature lowers the barrier between abstract imagination and concrete video outputs. But like all generative AI tools, it has its shortcomings.

MimiClaw is an OpenClaw-inspired AI assistant designed for ESP32-S3 boards, which acts as a gateway between the Telegram ...

In the software realm, agentic AI models, platforms that can serve as assistants for researchers, also stood out. Executives ...

For a low-cost solution, Karthik Urs, then at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, and his colleagues 3D printed a robot with legs that can be adapted to match those of various species — complete ...

Austin-based robotics startup Apptronik has raised more than $500 million in new funding, pushing its latest round close to $1 billion as it scales production of its Apollo humanoid robot.

Arduino is a microcontroller designed for real-time hardware control with very low power use. Raspberry Pi is a full computer that runs operating systems and handles complex tasks. Arduino excels at ...

Focus on One Area: Robotics is broad. You could focus on programming first, then move to electronics, or vice versa. Trying ...

UncleStem tested his fully-assembled giga Arduino using, obviously, some custom-made giant LEDs and resistors that fit onto ...