I close my eyes, and the chatter of my fellow hikers mixes with a low-level humming sound. “Are you in hyper mode?” someone asks. I check my app, or my central control system, to confirm that, yes, ...

Researchers at ETH Zürich are very good at keeping robots standing upright. Back in 2022, the school’s robotics team taught the quadrupedal ANYmal robot how to hike up mountains without falling over.

Discover the fascinating process of creating a spider robot right at home with our easy-to-follow guide! This video takes you step by step through the materials needed and the assembly process. Learn ...

The authors with their robot. From left to right: Alberto Comoretto, Harmannus A.H. Schomaker, Johannes T.B. Overvelde. A research team from AMOLF in Amsterdam created a soft robot that walks, hops, ...

The remarkable robot dog — or more accurately, its AI-powered brain — can even handle having its legs extended by wooden poles, or having wheels attached. Short of a rocket-propelled grenade coming ...

Although soft-bodied robots themselves can be fairly simple, low-cost devices, they typically require complex onboard electronics to control their locomotion. Such is not the case with a new bot, ...