Your regular, inefficient robot legs getting you down? Maybe you should check in with researcher Jonathan Hurst and his robo-leg project under development at Oregon State University. Apparently most ...

Unlike traditional mobile robots, legged robots leverage their distinctive “leg” structures to traverse obstacles and adapt to uneven terrain, demonstrating exceptional mobility when confronted with ...

Compared to robots, human bodies are flexible, capable of fine movements, and can convert energy efficiently into movement. Drawing inspiration from human gait, researchers from Japan crafted a ...

Meet Q8bot, a palm-sized robot that resembles a miniaturized version of the famous Boston Dynamics' Spot quadruped. Designed by Eric Yufeng, this small four-legged robot has all its parts, including ...

Taking design inspiration from an ostrich, the BirdBot needs fewer motors than comparable legged robots. A few facts about ostriches: It took just a few million years for terrestrial birds to refine ...

A novel tiny, soft robot with caterpillar-like legs capable of carrying heavy loads and adaptable to adverse environment has just been developed. This mini delivery-robot could pave way for medical ...

Machine Design talks with Sangbae Kim, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, about his work on the MIT Cheetah. This file type includes high resolution graphics and schematics when ...