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 ...

As robots move out of research laboratories and into the real world, it’s important that they have the ability to maneuver over ground that maybe that isn’t quite as smooth and easy to navigate as ...

Robot legs developed by SUSTech researchers reduce walking effort by 35% and cut foot pressure in half when carrying heavy loads up to 44 pounds.

Researchers in China have developed a wearable robot that adds two mechanical legs behind a human, helping carry heavy loads while reducing the energy required to walk. The system effectively creates ...

Robots these days are equipped with locomotion systems to overcome all types of terrain, but tend to favor one type of environment in particular. Scientists at Norway's University of Oslo have instead ...