Star Wars isn’t just a galaxy far, far away. It’s also a source of inspiration for scientists, engineers, and technologists right here on Earth. From droids to hyperspace travel, the franchise has ...

Piaggio Fast Forward (PFF), a subsidiary of the Vespa-maker Piaggio Group, has teamed up with Disney and Lucasfilm to release a Star Wars-themed version of its Gitamini cargo robot. Called G1T4-M1N1, ...

Almost every Star Trek show has completely ignored one important form of future technology, but Starfleet Academy is ...

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 ...

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, ...

I'm a huge fan of Star Wars. The first movie (no, not Episode 1) came out when I was young, so I grew up thinking about the Millennium Falcon and lightsabers. Perhaps it sparked my interest in science ...

Regal Robot is back with its latest Star Wars Archive Collection release, unveiling a timed edition scaled prop replica of the Exogorth. Famously known as the "space slug," from The Empire Strikes ...