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 LYNX M20 is the first wheeled-legged robot designed for industrial operations in extreme and hazardous terrains. Combining speed, agility, and advanced adaptability, it is engineered for tasks ...

A pair of 19-year-old innovators from Portugal has developed a new all-terrain reforestation robot designed to plant trees in wildfire-damaged areas that are too steep or dangerous for people or heavy ...

From mountain goats that run up near-vertical rock faces to armadillos that roll into a protective ball, animals have evolved to adapt effortlessly to changes in their environment. In contrast, when ...

A quadruped robot has learned to walk on slippery, uneven terrain entirely through simulation, with no human-coded gaits or manual tuning. Study: Adaptive motion planning for legged robots in ...

A new Duke-developed AI system fuses vision, vibrations, touch and its own body states to help robots understand and move through difficult in-the-wild environments The wealth of information provided ...

A kirigami-skinned soft robot powered by pneumatic muscles achieves crawling, steering and obstacle avoidance, advancing mobility for confined and rough terrain. (Nanowerk News) Limbless animals move ...