Adding legs to robots that have minimal awareness of the environment around them can help the robots operate more effectively in difficult terrain, my colleagues and I found. We were inspired by ...

Grossi tried on the robotic legs in Zhangjiajie National Park about 800 miles (1,290 km) south-west of Beijing. The device is rented out to people in the national park for $22 a time, but you can also ...

Although biped and quadruped robots may excel at traversing uneven terrain, they require multiple sensors and complex algorithms in order to do so. Scientists have now taken a "simpler" approach, by ...

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The remarkable robot dog — or more accurately, its AI-powered brain — can even handle having its legs extended by wooden ...