Humanoid robots are quickly moving from sci-fi prototypes to real-world industrial tools, and Wall Street is paying attention. In a ...

A new open-source bipedal robot, dubbed MEVITA, has been designed by engineers at the JSK Robotics Laboratory of the University of Tokyo, Japan. Interestingly, MEVITA aims to tackle the common issues ...

Inspired by the wheel-bodied battle droids from Star Wars, a scientist has created a robot that rolls along on one big wheel, using extendable legs to steer. Instead of smashing the Rebel Alliance, ...

Human-like hands, fingers and even television camera eyes have been hallmarks of NASA’s Robonaut, but recent work seeks to give the nimble robot legs, or at least a leg, and even wheels. Robonaut took ...