That’s a few small steps for Cassie the robot, one giant leap for robotkind. Oregon State University’s innovative bipedal robot, Cassie, has made history by running 5 kilometers (roughly 3 ...

While we've seen a number of quadruped "robotic dogs" lately, they all require control motors to maintain their running gait. An experimental new one, however, keeps running on its own once it's ...

A video (top) features some of the robots in action on the first day. A running contest, for example, shows several of the ...

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Meet OutRunner — a sleek star-shaped robot you can use to mercilessly hunt down your friends. It’s the world’s first remotely controlled legged running robot that’s commercially available ...

In 2012, robots became faster than humans, when DARPA's Cheetah robot -- inspired by the fastest land animal -- surpassed the fastest man on earth, Olympic runner Usain Bolt. However, other robots ...

“The robot can run up to 20 miles per hour for two hours—it will be pretty hard to beat him.” Eventually Robots Unlimited wants to organize the world’s first robot running competition.

But unless robotics makes some serious progress, that is unlikely to be possible anytime soon. Improvements in AI could boost progress in robotics.

When humans take off running, they don't need to think much to get their legs going and to keep their balance. A robot funded by the U.S. military could achieve the same kind of no-brainer running.

Cockroaches offer inspiration for running robots Date: December 29, 2009 Source: Oregon State University Summary: The sight of a cockroach scurrying for cover may be nauseating, but the insect is ...