Fancy humanoid robot no longer walks like it urgently needs a toilet
One thing they are still pretty bad at though is walking a straight line without looking like they are moments away from ...
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Engineers create motor-free robot that mimics dog’s gait using springs, cables
A team of researchers has developed a motor-free quadruped robot that mimics a dog’s running motion. Making use of machine ...
Robot dog runs much more energy-efficiently with passive mechanics
Walking with electric motor-driven legged robots is not very energy-efficient. Researchers have developed a passive mechanism ...
Humanoid robots are breakdancing, with mixed results
According to Boston Dynamics, the new physicalities are “demonstrating policies developed using reinforcement learning with ...
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PAWS: Four-legged robot can reproduce animal movement with fewer actuators
Many of the robotic systems developed in the past decades are inspired by four-legged (i.e., quadruped) animals, such as dogs, cheetahs and horses. By replicating the agile movements of these animals, ...
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Video: China’s humanoid robot helps with hair styling, hotel services, car parking
MagicLab's new video showcases its robots assisting shoppers, highlighting the startup's push to expand service robot ...
3D-printed soft robot runs without electronics
The robot at UC San Diego is powered by compressed air. It is printed in one go from soft filament using a 3D printer.
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These electronics-free robots can walk right off the 3D-printer
This a robot can walk, without electronics, and only with the addition of a cartridge of compressed gas, right off the 3D-printer. It can also be printed in one go, from one material.