There are times where a pen is just a writing utensil, but there are other times when it can represent much more. A hackathon held earlier this fall by Northwestern Engineering's Master of Science in ...

Northwestern Master of Science in Robotics (MSR) student Maurice Rahme talks about what he learned teaching a Baxter robot to play checkers.

Python programming language: Pyboard D-series arrives for MicroPython robots Low-power but high-priced Pyboard is now on sale for making Python-based robots.

Python robot programming methods: hybrid automata (behavior state machine) So far we’ve described two behaviors—go-to-goal and avoid-obstacles—in isolation.

Python programming: Microsoft's latest beginners' course looks at developing for NASA projects Microsoft and NASA offer some ideas about how you could apply Python for space exploration.

Let’s face it, robots are cool. They’re also going to run the world some day, and hopefully, at that time they will take pity on their poor soft fleshy creators (a.k.a. robotics developers ...