Real-world beaming: The risk of avatar and robot crime

As tech allows people to "beam" into remote robots and avatars, what if they commit crimes?

Games: Smart-talking soldiers

YOU’RE a 30-year-old with a great life, good job, happy relationship and bright future. One day, you’re involved in an accident and half of your face is torn off, revealing a skeleton made of metal. It then dawns on you that you’re not human, but a robot.

Terra Nova girls win best robot design at World Championships

More than a hundred teams competed in the 2012 FIRST Tech Challenge World Championships, the Super Bowl of competitive high school robotics.

U of I Robot Games

Students put their brainpower to the test.

Researchers Build a Robot You Can’t Knock Down; Robot Apocalypse Begins

Japan builds a quick and agile robot with cat-like reflexes that won’t fall over even it is repeatedly kicked over.