New multi-purpose robot changes shape for different uses
Researchers have designed a robot which can change form to tackle varying scenarios.
3 hours ago
0
15
Robotics
News tagged with locomotion
Robotics
Barkour benchmark measures quadruped robot agility
The accelerated pace of robotics development has given us a veritable zoo filled with creatures sometimes indistinguishable from the real deal.
Hardware
A natural and comfortable 'seamless-walk' virtual reality locomotion system
Urban real-world environments have limited physical space for foot-based locomotion and present challenges to natural VR locomotion (since virtual environments are much larger than the corresponding real-world environment), ...
Apr 11, 2023
0
64
Robotics
A transformable robot with an omnidirectional wheel-leg
Researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute recently created OmniWheg, a robotic system that can adapt its configuration while navigating its surrounding environment, seamlessly changing from a wheeled to a legged robot. ...
Software
Open-source software gives a leg up to robot research
Carnegie Mellon researchers have developed an open-source software that enables more agile movement in legged robots.
Aug 16, 2022
0
263
Robotics
A new approach to reproduce human and animal movements in robots
In recent years, developers have created a wide range of sophisticated robots that can operate in specific environments in increasingly efficient ways. The body structure of many among these systems is inspired by nature, ...
Robotics
New jumping device achieves the tallest height of any known jumper, engineered or biological
A mechanical jumper developed by UC Santa Barbara engineering professor Elliot Hawkes and collaborators is capable of achieving the tallest height—roughly 100 feet (30 meters)—of any jumper to date, engineered or biological. ...
Apr 27, 2022
0
248
Robotics
The ALLOMAN hexapod robot is a novel multifunctional platform with leg-arm integration
A research group from Robotics Institute of Beihang University, China has developed a novel multifunctional hexapod robot with leg-arm integration, named ALLOMAN (Arm-Leg Locomotion and Manipulation). This robot possesses ...
Apr 26, 2022
0
20
Robotics
An approach to rapidly and efficiently improve the locomotion of legged robots
In recent years, roboticists have developed mobile robots with a wide range of anatomies and capabilities. A class of robotic systems that has been found to be particularly promising for navigating unstructured and dynamic ...
Energy & Green Tech
Freight rails trying other locomotive fuels to cut emissions
The major freight railroads across North America continue to experiment with alternative locomotive fuels as a way to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.
Dec 15, 2021
1
5
