Have you ever wondered what would happen if you combined a dog and a car? Well, you might get something like W1, a wheeled quadruped robot that can switch between walking and rolling modes depending ...
Researchers have designed a system that makes an off-the-shelf quadruped robot nimble enough to walk a narrow balance beam -- a feat that is likely the first of its kind. Researchers in Carnegie ...
Two years ago we first heard about the Swiss-Mile Robot, a quadruped bot with powered wheels on the ends of its four legs. It's now in for some competition, as China's LimX Dynamics has announced it ...
When it comes to locomotion, robots don’t typically do more than one thing at a time. Walkers stick to walking, and rollers stick to rolling. However, this simple method of enabling a cheetah-style ...
The ANYmal quadruped robot not only walks on four legs, it can also roll on four wheels, stand up, throw boxes, and make its way up and down stairs. As if all that wasn't enough, the thing can now ...
You may have heard of Boston Dynamics, the company that created the famous four-legged robot Spot. Well, now there is another company that is making impressive strides in the field of quadruped ...
A team of researchers has developed a motor-free quadruped robot that mimics a dog’s running motion. Making use of machine learning to analyze canine motion, researchers from TU Delft and EPFL ...
The overall weight of Black Panther 2.0 is 38 kg and the standing height is 0.63 m. HIC-ZJU claims it is currently the fastest quadruped robot in the world, with a speed of up to 10 m/s. The R&D team ...
Flying robots are already things that people see on the internet or when a showcase is nearby, but this latest innovation from the University of Tokyo takes things to a whole new level, with its bot ...