In a surprising development in the field of robotics, researchers have discovered that small modifications to a robot’s body mass and ball size can significantly enhance its balancing abilities.

Ballbot, a narrow, 5-foot-tall robot, balances delicately on what looks like a bowling ball. Swaying slightly on a laboratory floor, the aluminum-framed droid seems ready to fall at any moment. But ...

Bossa Nova Robotics, developer of experiential robotics, today introduced mObi, the first commercially available robot to utilize their patented ballbot spherical-locomotion platform, at the 2012 ...