Enter SmartBot, a wheeled mounting device for a phone that lets it roam around flat surfaces in your home or office, performing any number of tasks. Its creator, Overdrive Robotics, said the SmartBot ...

Robots, even tiny ones, are generally not known for being cheap. While this is partly because of their precision-made arms, legs, wheels or whatnot, much of the cost is due to their electronic ...

I must admit that simple robotics is not something I am terribly enthusiastic about, but the SmartBot has succeeded in catching my eye. It’s a small robot that uses your smartphone as its brains, eyes ...