“Using our technology, the robot is able to adapt to one of its legs becoming weaker or breaking," says Nygaard. "It can learn how to recover, whether through limping or decreasing the length of ...

If a robot is going to excel at traversing multiple types of terrain, it shouldn't have an unadaptable "Jack of all trades, master of none" body shape. That's where the GOAT comes in, as it ...

The DyRET robot can change the configuration of its legs to adapt to different kinds of terrain. Credit: Tønnes Nygaard DyRET also has sensors to keep track of what it’s walking on.

Researchers have developed a six-legged all-terrain robot that can run, leap, back-flip, climb and navigate its way over obstacles even bigger than itself. Researchers have developed a six-legged ...

video: Carnegie Mellon University robot moving on sand; Inclination: 10 deg. Failure. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the Oct. 10, 2014, issue of Science, published by AAAS.

Scientists develop four-legged robot that hikes difficult terrain faster than average human Robot completes hour-long hike in Alps in duration recommended for human hikers Vishwam Sankaran ...

A nightmare-inducing robot tarantula has been built using a 3D printer. The all-terrain machine, which weighs less than 5 kilograms (11lbs), can climb tricky surfaces like rocks and stairs with ease.

The eventual commercial cost of the robot is unclear, but Sukkarieh said the idea was to get it down to at least the price of an all-terrain vehicle -- a buggy can cost around A$30,000 ($22,827 ...

The Sand Flea Jumping Robot uses a novel approach to get over obstacles, by leaping over them. The robot is capable of jumping 30 feet. The RHex Rough-Terrain Robot has a lot to recommend about it.

NASA has revealed details on its latest prototype robot designed to rove around on Mars, and compared to the lumbering brutes that have been sent to the Red Planet so far, this new one is so spry ...