A U.S. company is building a four-wheeled robot that will be able to jump over obstacles and aid military troops in combat. Boston Dynamics, a Waltham, Mass.-based engineering company, has been ...

Many people are already creeped out by quadruped robots, which walk on four legs instead of rolling on wheels or tracks. Well, the MARVEL robot likely won't do much to change such feelings, as it can ...

WTF?! Four-legged robots just got far more capable (and a lot creepier). Researchers from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) along with a colleague at the University of ...

Scientists at Estonia's Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech) have developed a new set of robotic feet that can help four-legged robots navigate difficult terrains that are muddy or slippery.

Inspired by the movements of a tiny parasitic worm, engineers have created a 5-inch soft robot that can jump as high as a basketball hoop. Their device, a silicone rod with a carbon-fiber spine, can ...

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Does anyone want to buy a humanoid robot for $16,000? The latest product from Unitree hopes that you will: Meet the Unitree G1, a “Humanoid agent AI avatar,” aka a robot. If you haven’t heard of ...