When we talk about da Vinci around here, it’s usually in reference to 3D printers or a Renaissance-style cryptex build. Unsurprisingly, we haven’t featured many surgical robot hacks – maybe ...

Traditionally, robot arms have been controlled either by joysticks, buttons, or very carefully programmed routines. However, for [Narongporn Laosrisin’s] homebrew build, they decided to go with ...

But Willow Garage, purveyor of research humanoid robots, has created the best mashup yet: Kinect, a robot, and gesture control.

But up until now, these "robots" needed a direct contact with the person in control. This is where Madeline Gannon comes in, with her new gesture-based interface between humans and machines.

The Kinect's ability to map terrain in 3-D and to recognize and respond to human gestures could eventually be teamed up with aerial drones and rapid-response teams to launch rescue operations.

In this video, we take you on a fascinating journey into the world of robotics with the "Create Your Own Robot Spider" guide, ...

Gesture-driven robots are nothing new, but this robot arm, developed at Japan's Tsukuba University, stands out with some impressive tech. The system lets humans control the arm by analyzing the ...

Tokyo University engineer Tsuyoshi Horo has developed a novel system for controlling robots (or in this case, a moving stool) using a simple set of hand and body gestures. The researcher is ...