Ever wonder what’s under the hood with a competitive battle robot like this one? It’s usually a big secret as teams don’t care to give their competition any help. But [AlexHrn] de… ...

The computer scientist Christoph Salge is trying to circumvent the need for rules that guide robots’ behavior. His strategy: Give them a goal of making us more powerful.

How school dropout Ellis Ware learnt to build a £6,000 killer robot in his bedroom.

Bad news for fans of gun-toting killer robot. Massachusetts wants to make your Black Mirror fantasy illegal. This week, two state senators proposed a first-of-its-kind bill that, if passed, would ...

The arm-mounted device is literally a robot that lets soldiers shoot guns better. Scifi references aside, the exoskeleton seems to make good sense.

The U.S. Army, looking to use more robots on the battlefield, this week is getting a peek at just how ready robots are to become trusted parts of the military.

But in many ways, rollouts of less-lethal firearms, robot dogs on the battlefield, and startups pushing to replace deadly home pistols with less-dangerous pepper spray guns, 2015 was the year of ...