Roomba it ain't, but if you're either pressed for cash or have a tinkerer's itch, then you'd probably be more comfortable building your own robotic butler, er, vacuum cleaner. Electronics today has ...

“Spare Parts” is an outsiders-beat-the-odds dramedy about illegal immigrant high school kids who enter a big robot-building competition, and make a splash in that state most hostile to illegal ...

“Spare Parts,” the serviceable but uninspired inspirational film by director Sean Mc­Namara, is a modern-day version of “Stand and Deliver,” minus the grit and realism. In the classic 1980s film, ...

“Spare Parts” is a pleasant enough run-of-the-mill, outsiders-beat-the-odds dramedy in the “Race the Sun” mold. It’s about undocumented high school kids who enter a big robot-building competition, and ...

Creating a robot for small parts handling calls for a machine design that is both highly dynamic and extremely precise. With the Galileo Sphere, the Italian Mechatronic System Company has built a ...

“Spare Parts” is an outsiders-beat-the-odds dramedy about illegal immigrant high school kids who enter a big robot-building competition, and make a splash in that state most hostile to illegal ...