Which LEGO robot kit is best? LEGO has been making childhood toys for more than 50 years and now even offer kits that allow your child to build a robot. These sets encourage young kids to explore and ...

Mechanical engineers at Duke University have developed solid building blocks whose mechanical properties can ...

Mechanical engineers at Duke University have demonstrated a proof-of-concept method for programming mechanical properties ...

Imagine: Capturing the UPC code of a food and receiving a text back if the food product is safe to eat based on your personal food allergies. A new service aims to provide a database to do just that.

MILWAUKEE -- As kids, many of us probably built simple things while playing with Legos. A nostalgic toy for many, the blocks are cranked up a few notches and used as a teaching tool for pre-teens, who ...

NANTICOKE — Youngsters got the opportunity to calculate turn arcs, gauge traction, program sensors and — oh, seriously, who cares? Time for Sumo-bot death match! “We want to fight someone!” Murphy ...

JOSEPH — Legos are just a set of snap-together toy building blocks that kids enjoy, right? Well, now they’re being turned into something to build a technological future for youngsters. That was ...

A team of Hilo keiki will pit their Lego robot against 49 others in Honolulu today at the FIRST Lego League State Tournament. Seven Hilo students make up the Lava Bots, the only East Hawaii FIRST Lego ...

As a Lego robot car ran a route map on the competition table, every member of Team Steam Rollers held their breath. Ten seconds later, the car went off the track. Its controllers, Gus Walston and ...

Xiaomi is producing a plastic toy robot that you can assemble into different forms, and control with an app. Called the Toy Block, the coding toy appears to rely on Lego-like pieces. The kit will come ...

Electrically heated elements turn from solids to liquids to provide flexibility to robotic building blocks. We use cookies to ...