As Survivor’s “Eye of the Tiger” played over auditorium loudspeakers Saturday afternoon, a small Lego robot navigated an obstacle course. It was the robot performance component of the FIRST – for ...

The Short Circuits won first place in the competition. An earlier version of the article had an incorrect name. Students ages 9 to 14 traded their books and pens for wrenches and pins as they went ...

Which LEGO robot kit is best? LEGO has been making childhood toys for more than 50 years and now even offer kits that allow your child to build a robot. These sets encourage young kids to explore and ...

Sixth-grader Rory Hinkle (right) works with fifth-grader Annika Bock on their robot mission Wednesday at Prairie Creek Intermediate School in Cedar Rapids. The team will be competing Saturday in the ...

AMES, Iowa – The team of middle schoolers didn’t know how to make an app. Neither did their teacher. But that didn’t stop them. And so, when the “Rubble Busters” from Maxwell show up for the Iowa ...

Pixel art uses small blocky details to make a larger image. Proving there’s nothing blockier than Lego, a YouTuber has created the Pixelbot 3000. Made entirely of Lego parts, the bot ‘prints’ pixel ...

FARGO – The Fighting Hawks competed on the basketball court at Bentson Bunker Fieldhouse at North Dakota State University on Saturday, but they were not there for a rivalry basketball game. The ...

Assuming that the price of Tiffen’s soon-to-be-released Smoothee iPhone Steadicam would be beyond his budget, Babyology writer Ben Gurnsberg built this amazing iPhone steadicam robotic arm out of ...

In a world filled with high-tech robotics kits and programmable gadgets, one artist decided ...