A model that could broaden the manipulation skills of four-legged robots

The legged robot ANYmal opens a fridge door using pedipulation. Credit: ETH Zurich. Robotic systems have become increasingly sophisticated over the past decades, evolving from rudimental stiff robots to a…

Self-organizing robotic aggregate design inspired by flowing and rigid behaviors of sandpiles

Red arrows represent the actuated magnets’ direction of rotation. Blue arrows represent Granulobots in the process of reconfiguration. (A) Individual Granulobot units can roll and attach magnetically into larger assemblies,…

A skating, tri-pedal robot capable of highly stable locomotion

Adam Hung and Prof. Talia Moore deploy the SKOOTR robot outdoors. Credit: Hung, Adu & Moore. Researchers at University of Michigan recently developed SKOOTR, a tri-pedal skating robot that can…

A system that allows home robots to cook in collaboration with humans

The researchers evaluated their robot on multiple recipes. Credit: Wang et al. Home robots could assist humans with the completion of various chores and manual tasks, ranging from washing dishes…

A quadrupedal robot can do parkour and walk across rubble

The quadrupedal robot Anymal practices parkour in a hall at ETH Zurich. Credit: ETH Zurich / Nikita Rudin The robot known as ANYmal has, for some time, had no problem…

An oscillating robot can propel itself via the reflection of water waves

4D Knit Dress robot uses several technologies to create a custom design and a custom fit

In late 2023, the MIT Self Assembly Lab and the high-tech fashion company Ministry of Supply debuted their 4D Knit Dress at the latter’s store in Boston, complete with a…

New dressing robot can ‘mimic’ the actions of care workers

A demonstration of the dressing robot in the laboratory. Credit: University of York Scientists have developed a new robot that can ‘mimic’ the two-handed movements of care workers as they…

New AI model could streamline operations in a robotic warehouse

Human-like real-time sketching by a humanoid robot

TEO the UC3M Robotics Lab humanoid robot painting a flower. Credit: Fernandez-Fernandez et al The rapid advancement of deep learning algorithms and generative models has enabled the automated production of…