While the capabilities of robots have improved significantly over the past decades, they are not always able to reliably and ...

A small drone takes a test flight through a space filled with randomly placed cardboard cylinders acting as stand-ins for trees, people or structures. The algorithm controlling the drone has been ...

Humans and animals are the key inspiration for many robotic systems developed to date, as they possess body structures that innately support efficient locomotion. While many bipedal (i.e., two-legged) ...

NorthWest African Cheetahs at Chester Zoo. Image by Steve Wilson via Wikipedia (CC BY 2.0) NorthWest African Cheetahs at Chester Zoo. Image by Steve Wilson via Wikipedia (CC BY 2.0) Researchers from ...

Most robots have one means of locomotion—they might roll, fly, walk, or even swim. Rarely do they do more than one, though. Engineers at Caltech's Center for Autonomous Systems and Technologies (CAST) ...

Eels have a unique ability to move even after a spinal cord injury, a feat that has long puzzled scientists. An international research team led by Tohoku University has uncovered the secret behind ...

Over the past two decades, humanoid robots have greatly improved their ability to perform functions like grasping objects and using computer vision to detect things since Honda’s release of the ASIMO ...

It’s a bizarre sight: With a short burst of light, a sponge-shaped robot scoots across a tiled surface. Flipped on its back, it repeatedly twitches as if doing sit-ups. By tinkering with the light’s ...