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Whether you think it’s cool or unnerving, robots are becoming more agile – and Caltech’s LEONARDO looks like one of the most nimble examples yet. LEO walks on two legs, jumps and flies, can balance on ...

UC Berkeley’s landmark Sather Gate has welcomed walkers of all kinds for more than a century, from angry protesters to students hurrying to class. Last month, though, an entirely new pedestrian passed ...

When a robotics pioneer who has spent decades building humanoid machines recommends that you stand at least nine feet away ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Named one of Time Magazine’s “Best Inventions of 2023,” Moonwalkers are one of the most interesting shoes you will likely see. Designed by Austin-based Shift Robotics, they initially ...

The two-minute demonstration begins with the robot’s legs gliding backward in a Moonwalk sequence on a conveyor platform. It then transitions into a series of gait performances, first walking smoothly ...

Maybe you’re sad, plodding along with your head slumped and shoulders sagging. Maybe you’re angry and alert, hurrying along upright. Or maybe you’re annoyingly happy, skipping down the street.

Czech playwright Karel Capek coined the word “robot” in his seminal 1920 work, “Rossum’s Universal Robots.” In this dark piece of sci-fi, the term described flesh-and-blood laborers made from organic ...

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. Artificial intelligence has done more than teach a robot to walk. It taught a robot to learn to walk, researchers report. The ...

A robot with bird-like legs that can walk, hop, leap and jump for take-off into flight has been designed in Switzerland in an engineering breakthrough that could enable aircraft to operate in ...

Like a newborn animal, a four-legged robot stumbles around during its first walking attempts. But while a foal or a giraffe needs much longer to master walking, the robot learns to move forward ...