Steadier gait Swiss robotics researchers have made a small step towards the holy grail of getting robots to run like humans. Harold Roberto Martinez Salazar and Juan Pablo Carbajal of the University ...

Move over remote control cars and helicopters: the world of dad toys needs to make room for the world's first six-legged running robot. OutRunner has created a self balancing robot that can run up to ...

Fast running robots are fun, fueling the imagination with all manner of military or search-and-rescue scenarios. This may be the reason why so many different groups from Boston Dynamics to MIT have ...

Inventors and researchers have been developing robots for almost 70 years. To date, all the machines they have built – whether for factories or elsewhere – have had one thing in common: they are ...

Scientists from the robotics company Robot Era have dressed a humanoid Star1 robot in conventional running shoes and pitted it against an identical robot without running shoes. The robot with sneakers ...

A running robot has been able to reach some impressive speeds - but can run even faster when it wears a pair of trainers! The robot - called STAR1 - is built to look like humans and can reach speeds ...

The Chinese robot dog Black Panther II has unofficially set a running record in the 100-meter sprint. Lightweight construction and AI made it possible. The Black Panther II robot dog from Chinese ...

Even though biped robots get better and better all the time, many don't exactly have truly natural leg movements. One reason why comes down to the fact that robot legs, with the exception of a few ...