Hobbyists and professionals invited to simulated robotics challenge.

Build your own robot explorer.

Isaac Asimov would approve.

Academic project to solve "humanity's grand challenges" sounds like sci-fi fans dream with classes on AI, robotics, cognitive computing and biotech

Corporates muscle in on competition.

Helps you walk even when you are legless.

The rise of the machines.

Arctic Monkeys flashback to 1984.

World robot Olympics start today.

Backroom boffins in the US Army have decided that robots will be better at warfare if they have a built in guilt system.

University wins $14m contract for autonomous vehicle.

A site that shows you how to do infra red photography. Also: Asimov's laws of robotics and why they matter, Earth is getting a Space Fence, and the next big netbook processor.

Pentagon research firm DARPA have discovered a new way to radio-control insects using neural transmitters that trigger muscle changes within the insect. Watch the video of zombie insects being controlled here.

Autonomous aerial and ground vehicles go on parade.

Devices can fetch items indicated with laser pointer.

RedOwl system traces shots to their source.

University of Manchester to build brain style computer.

First challenger for Google Lunar X-Prize.

From Silicon Valley to Station X during the Second World War, why Romania is teeming with software developers, and Zhongguancun in China where Microsoft is building its Chinese headquarters.