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 ...

After watching numerous videos of humanoid robots adopting kung-fu poses, having seven bells kicked out of them, and generally looking like they’re up for a fight, it’s little surprise that humanoid ...

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 ...

Fighting underground: It is the most primitive, close combat a fighter may ever face. New technologies being developed by the United States and its partners seek to tackle age-old challenges that ...

For kids, a new way to control virtual characters is all fun and games. For soldiers, more intuitive controls for robots could mean the difference between life and death. Using the controller from the ...

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 ...

We all love combat robotics for its creative problem solving; trying to fit drivetrains and weapon systems in a small and light package is never as simple as it appears to be. When you get to the real ...

The project uses a Sabertooth 2X5 R/C in order to make a simple antweight R/C combat robot. The Sabertooth 2X5 R/C will be used to vary the motor speed to drive the robot around and to interpret ...

For decades, the idea of humanoid robots on the battlefield has belonged squarely to science fiction. They stalked through dystopian futures in The Terminator, filled the ranks of armies in Star Wars, ...

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 ...