Ophthalmologists come in all shapes and sizes. But this tiny Robotic Retinal Dissection Device (aptly named "R2D2"), is the smallest we've seen so far. What's more, it operates from inside a single ...

POCATELLO — What started as a senior project for a student enrolled in Idaho State University’s College of Technology Robotics program has evolved into something that many Star Wars fans have dreamed ...

There has never been an R2-D2 toy quite like this. Sphero, the company that helped bring the scene-stealing BB-8 to life in Star Wars: The Force Awakens and then delivered a tiny, but lively BB-8 ...

It’s not easy to build a machine that is both useful and endearing—to strike a balance between state-of-the-art and humanistic. But the new robot from Boston-based Piaggio Fast Forward—Vespa’s ...

Like millions of other kids around the world, after seeing the original trilogy, R2-D2 instantly became my favorite Star Wars character. He seemed like the perfect sidekick, but the real Artoo was ...

A floating robot head built with the personality of the “Star Wars” droid R2D2 is scheduled to head into space early Friday to join astronauts on the International Space Station. Known as CIMON, the ...