Have you ever wondered what would happen if you combined a dog and a car? Well, you might get something like W1, a wheeled quadruped robot that can switch between walking and rolling modes depending ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. How do you make a four-legged robot go faster? How about giving it some wheels. Meet ANYmal - a quadrupedal robot designed for ...

Walking, legged robots may excel at climbing over obstacles, but wheels are still more efficient for travelling over smooth ground. That's why engineers at ETH Zurich have added powered wheels to ...

Small wheeled robots are great for exploring robotics and it’s easier than ever to get started, thanks to growing availability and affordability of basic components. One such component is a small ...

One of the most efficient ways for robots to move around the environment is wheels on relatively smooth terrain. However, wheels aren't the most efficient way of traveling when it comes to getting ...

Experienced human cyclists can perform a wide range of maneuvers and acrobatics while riding their bicycle, from balancing in ...

China unveils humanoid robot on wheels key to building lunar base - Robot can help assemble infrastructure, transport materials, collect samples, and maintain equipment for a lunar base before astrona ...

Initially known as ANYmal, the four-legged robot that looks like a Spot relative has now received an upgrade meant to make it even more competitive. The machine now comes with wheels and is called the ...

A new robot was designed with that in mind, as it automatically lands on all four of its wheels. Known as AGRO (Agile Ground RObot), the prototype device was created by a team from the US Military ...

One of the challenges emergency response workers face when trying to deploy a robot into a hazardous setting is getting the robot where it needs to be. Sometimes it's best to throw a robot into a ...

We don’t know how much time passed between the invention of the wheel and someone putting wheels on their feet, but we expect that was a great moment of discovery: combining the ability to roll off at ...