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From fire-breathers to sprinters, climbers and gymnasts, we’ve seen more than our fair share of impressive quadruped robots. Now the fourth-generation Honey Badger has added underwater walkies to the list of robodog capabilities.Continue ReadingCategor… Continue reading Watch: Intrepid robodog goes for underwater stroll
The ANYmal quadruped robot not only walks on four legs, it can also roll on four wheels, stand up, throw boxes, and make its way up and down stairs. As if all that wasn’t enough, the thing can now also climb ladders.Continue ReadingCategory: Robotics, … Continue reading Multi-talented quadruped robot now climbs ladders faster than any other
Around this time last year, Chinese robotics company Unitree caught our attention with the impressive circus tricks and GPT chat capabilities of its $1,600 second-generation robot dog. Now the company has wheeled out an all-terrain upgrade.Continue Rea… Continue reading Watch: Walls, furniture and stairs prove no match for wheeled robodog
This nifty little quadruped robot has been trained to seek and eliminate litter by researchers at the Italian Institute of Technology, using a vacuum cleaner backpack with nozzles strapped to its ankles.Continue ReadingCategory: Robotics, TechnologyTag… Continue reading Watch: Vacuum-footed robot dog cleans up the beach
Scientists have created a four-legged bio-inspired robot that climbs like no other. It clings to rough vertical surfaces utilizing a unique mechanism that is highly effective, yet at the same time relatively simple.Continue ReadingCategory: Robotics, T… Continue reading Clever rock-climbing robot channels its inner insect (and marsupial)
You might think that having four legs with wheels on the ends would already make a robot pretty useful. China’s LimX Dynamics is taking things further, however, as its W1 quadruped robot is now able to stand up and walk on two “feet.”Continue ReadingCa… Continue reading Video: Robo erectus – W1 quadruped robot evolves to stand and walk upright
A robo-dog capable of throwing 30-ft flames from its back might seem the stuff of sci-fi nightmares, but such terrors were made real last year with the launch of the Thermonator from Ohio’s Throwflame. Now the fire-breathing quadruped is available to b… Continue reading Flame-throwing robo-dog can now be yours for under $10k
The latent potential for personal robotics became very real for me while I was strolling the halls of the 45th Bangkok International Motor Show this week. There are always good ideas at motor shows, except the good ideas at motor shows in developing re… Continue reading Ride-on Unicorn could be the “killer app” for kids
ANYmal is a truly remarkable robot, capable of standing and lifting things like a humanoid, or slinking around on all fours like a quadruped, with or without wheels. But what’s really surprised us now is the eerie grace it’s starting to move with.Conti… Continue reading Video: Shape-shifting ANYmal is starting to climb with cat-like grace
While Boston Dynamics may have pioneered the field of quadruped “robot dogs,” Chinese company Unitree has definitely done a good job of jumping on board. Its latest industrial robot, the B2, offers some major improvements over its predecessor.Continue … Continue reading Unitree B2 quadruped robot is better, stronger and faster