Adding legs to robots that have minimal awareness of the environment around them can help the robots operate more effectively in difficult terrain, my colleagues and I found. We were inspired by ...

When it comes to methods of locomotion for robots, wheels are good for some things, while legs are better for others. Scientists are now working on a bot that combines the best of both worlds, with ...

Robotic legs with an unconventional design inspired by emus can run 300 per cent more efficiently than the same device would if designed traditionally. The technology could be used in prosthetics and ...

An Italian designer has used Lego to a robot which can be wirelessly controlled with an exoskeleton;every movement Danny Benedettelli makes with his upper body, encased in the homemade exoskeleton, is ...

Vivian Chu is the cofounder and CIO of Diligent Robotics, maker of Moxi, the robot. Moxi is a wheeled robot that helps hospital staff with tasks such as delivering supplies. Chu told Business Insider ...