Ever heard of string art? Researchers from Austria have created a computer system that lets an industrial robot create amazing string art portraits using thousands of feet of yarn. Just show it an ...

You've no doubt seen string art before – it consists of images created by running thread between pins on a board. Well, scientists at Austria's Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien) have ...

In the depths of Etsy and Pinterest is a fascinating, if tedious, artform. String art, the process of nailing pins in a board and wrapping thread around the perimeter to create shapes and shading, … ...

Atlas, the robot developed by the US military's research division DARPA, will soon be freed from his wires to be able to roam prior to the DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC) finals.