This is not a new capability for a robot, but in this case Winfield’s machine simulated the consequences of its own collision- avoidance strategies to make sure they would be safe.

It's a simple, linear tutorial that gets you familiar with the Arduino's basic functions. It guides you through the process to make lights glow, sounds buzz, and parts swing.

Things that might seem simple or obvious to a human, such as making a sandwich, will not be obvious at all to a robot. The robot has to be told exactly what to do.

In this project, we create a joystick-controlled laser by connecting two servos to a joystick and using this setup as a pan-and-tilt controller for a ...

This robot paper plane designer (really a robot arm fashioned with silicone grippers) can run through this whole process without human feedback. A video of the robot at work.