What happens when the military builds a robot that can walk across beaches, dunes, and shifting coastlines without sinking, ...

Each leg can bend in multiple ways, lift, and move independently of the others to ensure that stability is maintained ...

Spot, the four-legged robot from Boston Dynamics Inc., is perhaps best known for its viral dance routines to songs like ...

A number of four-legged robot dogs have been deployed in the workforce for applications like inspections, security and public safety among others. At their core, these four-legged robots are mobility ...

Researchers at the University of Leeds recently demonstrated a framework for a quadruped robot with a design inspired by the biomechanics of four-legged animals. The versatile robot is able to ...

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, ...

A new high-density tactile sensor array enables four-legged robots to balance and transport unsecured objects, marking a ...

Humans have always admired horses for their strength, grace, and versatility. Now, scientists and engineers at Kawasaki Heavy Industries have decided it’s time for a mechanical twist on this natural ...

A quadrupedal walking robot developed by the Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST) has finished a marathon with flying colors. Named "RAIBO2," the robot participated in the 22nd ...

Researchers at the Boston Dynamics have done it again, setting the record for the fastest running robot on four legs. The last fastest four-legged robot set the record in 1981 with running speed of 13 ...

A four-legged robot named Olympus was "mounted upside down to a floating platform at the European Space Agency’s ORBIT facility," according to ESA. See how it reacted, Credit: ESA-SJM Photography ...