Former “MythBusters” co-host Adam Savage compared himself to a kid with an early Christmas present in the intro to a newly released video for his “Tested” YouTube series. The reason? He was sitting on ...

Researches used a model trained on parkour completions to teach this 100 pound robot to run through an obstacle course. Researchers from ETH Zurich are trying to close the mobility gap between robots ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Four-legged robots can pull off a lot of complex tasks, but there ...

ANN ARBOR, MI - University of Michigan College of Engineering Dean Alec Gallimore realizes that for many, the term robotics brings to mind fictional humanoids like Star Wars' C-3PO. While the school ...

Robots doing feats of acrobatics might be a great marketing trick, but typically these displays are highly choreographed and painstakingly programmed. Now researchers have trained a four-legged AI ...

A four-legged robot can quickly figure out how to navigate new obstacle courses by climbing up and down large boxes, crouching to scoot beneath tables and even jumping across gaps. The study shows how ...

Robots built by students navigate an obstacle course Thursday, July 12 as part of the Science, Engineering and Manufacturing Camp at the Central Lakes College Staples campus. Kelly Humphrey / Brainerd ...

Student-created robots climbed, balanced and passed batons Thursday in a relay race through a 77-foot obstacle course set up on Caltech’s Beckman Mall. Five teams of mechanical engineering students ...

An army of more than 4,000 marching doglike robots is a vaguely menacing sight, even in a simulation. But it may point the way for machines to learn new tricks. In the simulation, the machines—called ...

Boston Dynamics has published a pair of videos showcasing its Atlas robots completing a complex obstacle course that requires balancing on beams and vaults. The company's Atlas robotics program is a ...

This work was supported by the National Science Foundation Physics of Living Systems Student Research Network, NSF-Simons Southeast Center for Mathematics and Biology, Army Research Office Grant, and ...