Motherboards don't stand for comfort any more

Asustek is shifting its development focus to Internet of Things (IoT), robot and virtual /argument reality (VR/AR) products after seeing that motherboards and graphics are going to suffer for a good long while.

A bit more expensive than predicted

The Jibo robot will be in the shops in October which is later and about $200 more than expected.

What could possibly go wrong?

The Chinese National Defense University has been showing off its first police robot which looks a lot like one of Dr Who’s Daleks with its plunger taken away.

Time to take over the world

Chipzilla is putting a lot of effort into helping people build their own robots and drones at home.

Here I am, a brain the size of a planet, and they want me to serve fries.

Three Chinese restaurants in Guangzhou have been forced to fire all of their robot staff because they were about as useful as a chocolate teapot.

Alphabet, the search outfit formally known as Google, as placed part of its robotics division, up for sale.

Award nominations

Bill Gates, Elon Musk and Stephen Hawking have been nominated for the "Luddite of the year" award by a US think tank over their fears of artificial intelligence (AI).

Inexpensive solution for Makers robots

Everything is about Robots these days and Intel, MediaTek and many platform manufacturers are trying to find a way into the market.

Emotional response

SoftBank unveiled its new emotion sensing robot called Pepper and it finally was released in Japan. It turned out to be a bigger hit than expected and is already sold out.