It builds on an existing app-driven cardboard robot platform and will come as a kit comprising cardboard parts and re-usable electronics, and leverages the video comms chops of a user's smartphone.

The humble cardboard box is an ever-present item in the Metal Gear series, and depending on the entry has a range of functionalities.

The Ganzbot is a cardboard robot built with an Arduino Decima that can read incoming Twitter feeds and show emotions as it reads them out loud—like happiness when you tweet you a got date, or ...

Robot packing can eliminate cardboard waste. By scanning an item's individual ID, it learns the shape and size of the item. Then it can pack the item using exactly the right amount of cardboard ...