Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Piaggio Fast Forward (PFF), a subsidiary of the Vespa-maker Piaggio Group, has teamed up with Disney and Lucasfilm to release a ...

The toy version of BB-8 -- a round, beeping, rolling robot that will appear in the upcoming "Star Wars" movie -- has its origins not so far, far away. The toy version of BB-8 -- a round, beeping, ...

Since 2017, the Vespa-maker Piaggio's Fast Forward division has been exploring a unique way to cut down on car trips: Building robots that can follow you around and carry your stuff. We called its ...

Michael McMaster has loved robots since he was a little boy. After seeing "Star Wars" in 1977, he fell in love with the droid R2-D2. Fast forward to today and Michael is now the official droid builder ...

Firms are working to make the motors that drive robots more efficient and cheaper.