A Japanese manufacturer turns the key on a Linux-based robot--the HRP-2P--that it believes could really pull its weight in the workplace.

Willow Garage sets its open-source software free to attract software developers and help make robots commonplace, but detractors say giving the software away is bad for business.

Linux is poised to claim a major victory: the bourgeoning market for robot software. The battle is not over yet, but if developments in Japan are any indication of what the future will bring, Linux ...

The computing industry is familiar with the low-cost lab known as the garage, a historic hot-bed for innovation, and this week LinuxWorld had its own "garage" to showcase embedded Linux.

From changing one line of code Intel's Linux kernel test robot has recently reported a 3888.9 per cent performance improvement in the mainline Linux kernel after Chipzilla geeks changed one line ...

The Qbo open source robot project, initiated by Francisco Paz, has been under development for some time and is open to anyone who would like to provide help and assistance with the development of ...

Weighing 44 pounds and at 31 inches long, the eight-legged/wheeled beast fuses robot and automobile technology and works off a Linux OS. Check its fancy footwork in the video after the jump.

Controlling the motors using Linux and Python isn't difficult. The real challenge lies in the implementation of awareness, both of the environment and the robot's internal conditions. For example, a ...

Robot backers turn to Linux A Japanese tech group taps low-cost components to help spur development of humanoid robots. Candace Lombardi July 14, 2006 11:24 a.m. PT ...

It took two robots five minutes, more or less, to locate a penguin at Moscone Center on Wednesday. Granted, any idiot -- human or animatronic -- could have found a penguin there pretty easily this ...

Can a Linux-powered robot play video games faster than you? Only if he takes a hint from piano rolls...and doesn't desync. Let me begin with a brief history of tool-assisted speedruns. It was 2003.

Japanese manufacturer Kawada has released details of a Linux-based humanoid robot that it believes could be employed in the workplace. The robot, called HRP-2P (which stands for Humanoid Robotics ...