Willow Garage sets its open-source software free to attract software developers and help make robots commonplace, but detractors say giving the software away is bad for business. Martin LaMonica is a ...

What the world needs now, according to a Japanese research group, is a low-cost programmable robot. To spur more development of robots at the hobbyist level, Japan's National Institute of Advanced ...

Linux is poised to claim a major victory: the bourgeoning market for robot software. The battle is not over yet, but if developments in Japan are any indication, Linux will rule the world of robots.