Ever wanted to build a robot? Trick question. Everybody wants to build a robot. Since the dawn of man, it’s been our mission to create untethered beauty and then immediately subjugate it to our ...

The computer scientist Christoph Salge is trying to circumvent the need for rules that guide robots’ behavior. His strategy: Give them a goal of making us more powerful.

The robot the researchers built to mimic the behavior, however, was much less streamlined. The design the researchers chose was simple, with only a hinge and a rubber band to provide the jumping ...

This highest-jumping robot can take 10 stories in a single bound, which is made all the more impressive by the robot weighing less than a tennis ball.

One robot can can crawl on four "legs" without the need for any sort of motor. Another can jump to seven times its height. Both can fit on the palm of one hand. Yes, these are not your average ...

Researchers have discovered the secret behind springtails’ natural acrobatics on the water as they leap away from predators. It could be a step toward robots that land more safely on water.

They can fly, they can crawl, they can skateboard—and now they know how to jump hundreds of feet into the air. Researchers at the University of California, Santa Barbara have built a robot that ...

Behind the scenes with the creators of Syfy’s "Robot Combat League" and its eight-foot, rock-em, sock-em warriors.

Elliot W. HawkesThey can fly, they can crawl, they can skateboard—and now they know how to jump hundreds of feet into the air. Researchers at the University of California, Santa Barbara have ...

Robot-makers are looking to them to add a jumping adaptation to certain robots, Nature reports. The click model is ideal for smaller robots because it doesn't require much complex machinery or muscle.