Nvidia’s Isaac robot simulations debut on Omniverse
Nvidia has launched a new version of its Isaac robot simulation engine in the Omniverse, the company’s metaverse sim for engineers. The Omniverse started years...
Anki survey: Brits may embrace companion robots, but some fear the Terminator
About 60 percent of Brits believe there will be a robot in every home within the next 50 years, according to a survey by...
The DeanBeat: What to expect from CES 2018 — the stupid and the good
I’m expanding my horizons from games to tech next week as I head off to Las Vegas for CES 2018, the big tech trade...
MekaMon is a $300 battle robot that fights in AR and your living room
MekaMon is a real-life robot battler. Players use a mobile app on their iOS or Android devices to control a physical machine that looks...
Lego Boost robot teaches younger kids to code and bring their own creations to life
Lego Mindstorms has taught hordes of teens to learn how to program robots. Now Lego Group is launching Lego Boost, a series of toy...
Anki’s Cozmo robot is an amazing sentient toy, but the novelty may wear off
Anki has created an amazing toy in Cozmo, a cute robot toy that makes use of the company’s deep artificial intelligence research. It shows...
Robots can play Angry Birds, too — and help kids with disabilities
Researchers at Georgia Tech are enlisting humanoid robots to play Angry Birds with the help of kids suffering from motor-skill and cognitive disabilities. Kids...
VentureBeat's take on the top 10 trends of CES
The top trends include wearables, mobile, curved screens, and gaming alternatives.
Check out this 5-foot-tall version of a Combat Creature robot (video)
This giant spider bot is just for a demo. But you can buy the tiny critters in stores.
LEGO unleashes new generation of smart toys with Mindstorms EV3 robots
Fifteen years after launching its first Mindstorms robots, EGO is releasing a new generation of programmable smart toys.