Beware! Future robot overlords could have dual-purpose appendages. Well, that might be an exaggeration, but this leg-wheel hybrid mobile robot is definitely a front-runner to star in my recurring ...

Have you ever wondered what would happen if you combined a dog and a car? Well, you might get something like W1, a wheeled quadruped robot that can switch between walking and rolling modes depending ...

One of the most efficient ways for robots to move around the environment is wheels on relatively smooth terrain. However, wheels aren't the most efficient way of traveling when it comes to getting ...

HANGZHOU, CN / ACCESS Newswire / June 27, 2025 / With the rapid development of technology, unmanned intelligent emergency rescue equipment is gradually becoming the new favorite in the field of public ...

Inspired by the wheel-bodied battle droids from Star Wars, a scientist has created a robot that rolls along on one big wheel, using extendable legs to steer. Instead of smashing the Rebel Alliance, ...

It would be better to have a wheel which could go on any surface." Robot legs are complex and inefficient - typically they rely on dynamic stability, which means that a legged robot falls over when ...

(Nanowerk News) A team of researchers is creating mobile robots for military applications that can determine, with or without human intervention, whether wheels or legs are more suitable to travel ...

Human-like hands, fingers and even television camera eyes have been hallmarks of NASA’s Robonaut, but recent work seeks to give the nimble robot legs, or at least a leg, and even wheels. Robonaut took ...

We've recently heard about several urban delivery robots which would move along city sidewalks on four wheels. The Mighty bot brings something new to the mix, however, with pivoting wheels that are ...

Roboticist Dennis Hong envisions a world in which automatons—like in The Jetsons—help us out around the home. He admits that this won’t happen any time soon; for instance, robot makers face a hard ...

Not content to simply stand in one place, NASA's mechanical astronaut has found not one, but two new bodies that will allow it to move across land and space. Robonaut B, a robot built with human-like ...