Somerville resident Gui Cavalcanti is wicked smart. The 26-year-old is one of 10 innovators putting their grey matter to the test on Discovery’s “The Big Brain Theory: Pure Genius,” premiering tonight ...

Engineers Gui Cavalcanti and Matt Oehrlein have brought science fiction to life. Their giant robot Eagle Prime fights a giant Japanese robot in an... No Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Here: Behold A U.S. Vs. Japan ...

An Oakland-based startup called MegaBots is making giant fighting robots a reality, and forming a league for them to fight each other under clear and fair rules, something akin to Formula 1 or UFC.

OAKLAND — The hulking, 15-foot-tall robot rests on its tank treads in a West Oakland warehouse, waiting for the coming war against its powerful nemesis across the sea. It looks fearsome. One arm is a ...

From left to right, Dan Cody, James Whong, Gui Cavalcanti, founders of Project Hexapod (Nate Goldman/WBUR) Last October, Dan Cody and James Whong got an email from their friend and fellow Olin College ...

In the shadow of AT&T Park, two Bay Area-based engineers took to the stage at TechCrunch Disrupt SF to showcase their plans for a new kind of sports league. Dressed like a matching pair of flamboyant ...

Artisan’s Asylum has been called many things: hackerspace, vibrant artist’s community, new age factory, community workshop, makerspace, and even Santa’s workshop. The 40,000-square-foot facility in ...

HAYWARD, Calif. — On a sunny afternoon in this industrial town south of Oakland, Gui Cavalcanti is examining a trencher. It’s a nasty-looking, toothy piece of equipment that you’d ordinarily attach to ...