SPARC has three sonar sensors for detecting obstacles and movement, an arm and a couple of interchangeable hands for holding objects, and an EasyVR Arduino Shield for the voice control.

The Arduino gets a Bluetooth attachment and a set of code. Then you'll need Android Meets Robots, an app that lets you pair voice recognition with any Bluetooth module.

Alternatively, if you want to see how this voice-controlled robot helped return the life of this attenuated aerospace engineer back to normality, watch the video below.

Called Astro, Amazon's new robot can autonomously patrol the home and respond to voice commands. It will be available for $1,000 on an invitation basis starting later this year.

Hasbro has revealed a voice and app-controlled, auto-transforming Optimus Prime robot that costs $699, and it's available for pre-order now. Announced at today's Hasbro Pulse Fan Fest, Hasbro ...

A new robot snake kit has been created by Nevon Project which is powered using the Arduino Mega microcontroller and is equipped with 12 servos for locomotion and to control its 12 segments.

[Ben Yeh] wrote in to tell us about this voice-controlled chess robot he built along with three others as a final project for their Georgia Tech ECE 4180 Embedded Systems Design class. To handle ...

Arduino programmers and designer Eric Dirgahayu has this week unveiled a new robotic fish which has been created using PVC from waste pipe tubing ...

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