Robotics

The MIT engineering team behind the Mini Cheetah robot has taken a pack of the four-legged machines out of the lab for a little playtime, a sight that includes synchronized backflips, robo-soccer and is both adorable and a little frightening.

This week, roboticists at MIT have demonstrated a new robot with an extending limb that grows a bit like a plant. The appendage can weave its way through confined spaces before lifting a heavy load.

An engineering team at MIT has been working on new navigation software that can enable delivery robots to recognize the typical features of a front yard, and in doing so, find their way to the front door in a far more efficient manner.

We've watched with interest as subsequent developments have allowed RoboBee to fly, swim, hover, perch and lose its tether. Now it's become the first microrobot to achieve controlled flight using soft artificial muscles.

Robots today can do backflips like a parkour artist, but in some situations their balance is still terrible. The HERMES robot aims to challenge that with the aid of a special teleoperated control vest that gives it human-like balance and reflexes.

Out of all the cool-looking forms that robots can take, a cube seems like a pretty boring choice. But MIT’s cute little cube bots can roll and tumble around, recognize each other, and stack themselves into whatever shape is needed.

If your roses are getting a bit untidy, fear not, because an international team of researchers has developed a prototype robot gardener to do the job. Called Trimbot, it can not only do a spot of mowing but also prune roses and trim bushes.

Researchers from MIT have created prototype assembly robots called BILL-E (Bipedal Isotropic Lattice Locomoting Explorer) that can build small structures on their own or work together to create bigger ones.

After showing off an early developmental version back in 2017, Piaggio Fast Forward has wheeled out a consumer-ready courier robot built to carry up to 40 lb of everyday items for folks traveling on foot.

A human-sized robot has been equipped with 1,260 cells to create what is claimed to be the first autonomous humanoid robot with artificial skin covering its entire body.

Panasonic's powered exoskeleton will be used by loaders and spotters at World Para Powerlifting (WPPO) events and the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.

Boston Dynamics’ nimble dog-like Spot robot is finally on sale as we are offered another spectacular look at the humanoid Atlas’ growing arsenal of skills.