Okay, so the animals from this first entry aren’t strictly biological animals, but they’re robots in the shape of animals, ...

In their efforts to create smart robots, AI researchers have understandably tended to focus on the brains. But a group from MIT say AI can help us design better bodies for them too, and we should be ...

Get ready for four-legged bots of all shapes and sizes–and for all sorts of uses–that learn how to maneuver through landscapes with the grace of a cheetah. The most nightmare-inducing characteristic ...

Assistant Professor, Director, Neuro-Mechanical Intelligence Laboratory, Dept. of Mechanical, Materials, and Aerospace Engineering, Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources, West Virginia ...

The cool thing about balloon animals is that, using the same basic inflatable building blocks, a skilled person can create just about anything you could ask for. That same methodology is what’s at the ...

Video: Runbot exploits processes thought to explain the way animals control locomotion (Image: Florentin Wörgötter/PLOS) A newly improved two-legged robot can adapt to unfamiliar terrain in an ...

Ready, set, go! A robot called mCLARI designed by engineers at CU Boulder poses next to a spider. (Credit: Heiko Kabutz) The question may be the 21st century’s version of the fable of the tortoise and ...

Unlike traditional robots that rely on electric motors or mechanical parts, biohybrid robots are powered by living muscle ...