I'm a bit rusty, but I believe that robbery has the use of forced, whereas a larceny doesn't. If the use of force is assisted by a weapon (this could be anything from a screw driver to a gun) then it is classes as armed robbery
Larceny - without force
Robbery - force without weapon
Armed robbery - force with weapon
^ All involve the taking of someone else's property
Thank you
My teacher told me that robbery was stealing directly off a person, while larceny was stealing not off the person? I have had a little look in the NSW crimes act 1900 and it did say that:
Whosoever:
robs or assaults with intent to rob any person, or
steals any chattel, money, or valuable security from the person of
another,
shall, except where a greater punishment is provided by this Act, be
liable to imprisonment for fourteen years.