James Gosling, the creator of the Java programming language, has joined Liquid Robotics, a maker of robot vehicles that explore the bottom of the ocean, as its chief software architect. Gosling is a ...

Two years ago at its Build developer conference, Microsoft made a big push for its bot development tools and the idea of "conversation as a service." Since then, things have gone a bit quiet. But it ...

Users will be able to operate a robot by using only a mobile phone, thanks to a new Java application developed by Motorola. The US firm has teamed up with software programming company Flashline to ...