Rope-climbing robots are the stuff of engineering dreams. As kids, didn’t we all clutter our family home with constructions of towers and strings – Meccano, or Lego – to have ziplines spanning entire ...

A HYBRID blimp-humanoid robot is seen walking around a tech fair in California in a creepy new video. Dubbed BALLU, the robot was created by Dennis Hong, director of the Robotics & Mechanisms ...

March 31 (UPI) --A Japanese company's robot, partially composed of five modified penguin dolls, broke a Guinness World Record by skipping rope 170 times in 1 minute. RICOH, a company specializing in ...

After over 18 months in operation, having repaired over 150 rain-damaged onshore wind turbine blades on three continents, the patented robot from Denmark’s Rope Robotics, the world leader in robotic ...

A mechanical engineering student at Purdue University, YouTuber, and self-described robot fanatic has released details of his latest DIY robot, CARA. Unlike most robot dogs that use gears or pulleys, ...

As we enter the next era of rope bridge construction we must ask ourselves “Who shall make the next rope bridge?” The researchers at ETH have the answer. Their solution, created in connection with ...