Gather 'round, robot hackers, for Parallax is set to drop a new, fully programmable, intelligent robot with multiple sensor systems allowing it to interact with objects, people and, of course, pets.

A robot can be found among a sea of 20,000 Emperor penguins living in a colony in Atka Bay, Antarctica. Named ECHO, it’s part of a larger program to monitor the health of the penguins and their ...

ECHO is a remote-controlled ground robot that silently spies on the emperor penguin colony in Atka Bay. The robot is being monitored by the Single Penguin Observation and Tracking observatory.

The newest tool for biologists is the baby penguin robotic spy. It's pretty darn cute, and so convincing that penguins essentially talk to it, as if it is a potential mate for their chicks ...

With the robotic penguin, we can study and investigate how the colony works.” The researchers plan to use the robots to continue studying how climate change is affecting penguins.

Robot baby penguin: This rover disguised as a chick could help researchers study animals without disturbing them, scientists say in Nature Methods News Home Page ...

The robot has been deployed in Adelie Land, Antarctica, where the 2005 documentary March of the Penguins was filmed, and allowed researchers to study the animals from over 650 feet (200 meters) away.