Rock'em Sock'em Robots have been around for a long time. The boxing game is lots of fun and millions of people have played it at one time or another. Now, a company called Sharper Image has introduced ...

These normally sell for upward of $100 apiece, so this is almost like getting two for one. These dart-firing RC spiders are insanely cool and tons of fun. Rick Broida is the author of numerous books ...

Antweight combat robots are really lightweight. [Carter Hurd] used leftover materials to create a dustpan robot with a chomper (comically made from a Krave cereal box) to hold captured competitors in ...

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It only took a couple centuries but the top military dogs in the world have finally taken a hint from good old George Lucas and have begun development of combat robots (or droids, as the Star Wars ...

In the 21st century, will sailors be replaced by undersea robot warriors? "So we sailed up to the sun Till we found the sea of green And we lived beneath the waves In our yellow submarine." We open ...

This year, two Army IBCTs and a not-yet-disclosed Marine unit will be testing variants of a load-bearing robot vehicle. Todd South tells us more. ARLINGTON – This year, two Army IBCTs and a ...

[professor churlz] wrote in to let us know his results with modifying radio control ESCs (Electronic Speed Controllers) for use in a large (250lb range) BattleBot’s drivetrain. It’s a very long and ...