All those bipedal robots are so done. "Whegs" are the new leg, don't you know? Along the lines of the Robotic Mule we saw last month, the IMPASS (Intelligent Mobility Platform with Active Spoke System ...

What’s the strangest wheel? The omniwheel. Unless you count whegs — “wheel legs” — as wheels. This research paper from Shanghai Technical University explores a mash-up of the two ideas, where the ...

This week, it was Kristina’s turn in the hot seat with Editor-in-Chief Elliot Williams. First up in the news — the results are in for the 2024 Home Sweet Home Automation contest! First and second ...

Researchers at Case Western University in Ohio, US, are using robots equipped with a cross between wheels and legs – called “whegs” – to test a new material that mimics the gravity-defying feet of ...

There’s something inherently creepy about tiny, skittering robots, and if you need to add a new terrifying bullet point to the robot apocalypse list, you might as well start here. This 6.5-cm guy can ...

Case Western Reserve University students get the opportunity to work on a new class of UAS. The Morphing Micro Air and Land Vehicle (MMALV) is a hybrid air and land vehicle which can be used to serve ...

One of the longstanding goals in robotics is the mastery of motion, such that balance, precision, and control provide the same kind of all-terrain navigation seen in biological quadruped counterparts.

Insects, kangaroos, rabbits, and other jumping life forms are amazingly adept at navigating their environments. Seeking to reproduce that agility in mechanical form, scientists across the world have ...