The hottest toy this holiday season may be a robot dog that whimpers, blinks its eyes, wags its tail and responds to a rub on the head. The only thing Dog-E won’t do is soil that expensive rug – ...

image: Inspired by the effortless way humans handle objects without seeing them, a team led by engineers at the University of California San Diego has developed a new approach that enables a robotic ...

Father-son team develop array of impressive mechanised figures from cheap, second-hand materials, attract widespread interest ...