A new open-source bipedal robot, dubbed MEVITA, has been designed by engineers at the JSK Robotics Laboratory of the University of Tokyo, Japan. Interestingly, MEVITA aims to tackle the common issues ...

Bipedal robots raced alongside humans in a historic Beijing half-marathon, revealing progress and limitations in humanoid technology.

Researchers from Caltech have built a new bipedal robot that leverages a new type of locomotion, making it nimble and capable of completing complex movements. The robot is called LEONARDO, which ...

LEO carves out a new type of locomotion somewhere between walking and flying Researchers at Caltech have built a bipedal robot that combines walking with flying to create a new type of locomotion, ...

Compared to robots, human bodies are flexible, capable of fine movements, and can convert energy efficiently into movement. Drawing inspiration from human gait, researchers from Japan crafted a ...

Cassie, a robot developed by OSU researchers, holds the Guinness World Record for the fastest 100-meter dash run by a bipedal robot. Cassie, a robot developed by Oregon State University researchers, ...

TL;DR: In a groundbreaking event, 12,000 humans will race against bipedal robots in a long-distance competition where the use of wheels is prohibited. What's the point of creating a humanoid robot if ...

We appear to have a new entry atop the “Robots That Creep Us Out” leader board: meet LEONARDO, the combination quadcopter/bipedal robot. LEONARDO, a somewhat tortured name derived from “LEgs ONboARD ...

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Researchers at Caltech have built a drone-robot hybrid that can do it all. LEONARDO, short for LEgs ONboARD drOne (if that's too much of a mouthful, it also goes by LEO), is a bipedal robot that can ...