Sean knows far too much about Marvel, DC and Star Wars, and poured this knowledge into recaps and explainers on CNET. He also worked on breaking news, with a passion for tech, video game and culture.

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. MIT's ...

Because carrying your own stuff is for suckers, Piaggio is branching out in the niche of cargo robots, introducing the mini version of the Gita bot. The Gitamini will go on sale next month. Piaggio ...

Imagine having a curious little robot sidekick right on your desk - blinking, beeping, and ready to code. That's now a reality, thanks to Hugging Face's latest release: the Reachy Mini desktop robot.

Sphero, a known maker of robotic toys, launched a robotic toy car that hopes to help kids learn about the fundamentals of computer programming. The robot, called indi, can be programmed by kids using ...

If you've ever wondered what the robot apocalypse would look like, look no further than what unfolded on the lawn outside of MIT's Building 10 this week. There, on the grassy Killian Court, a ...

On a recent fall day at MIT, a group of players kicked around a soccer ball on the school’s Killian Court lawn. They ran around and jumped in piles of leaves. They even did backflips. But these ...

Robots like The Iron Giant or 2001’s HAL 9000 get all the attention when you’re talking artificial life, but the truth is, there are robots everywhere. Sure, the smart ones and cute ones are often ...