A team of researchers has come up with a system that allows anyone to make a walking robot using only a 3-D printer and an off-the-shelf motor.

Published today in Nature, “ Robots that can adapt like animals,” looks at a robot that can relearn how to walk after losing multiple limbs.

More accurately, if the robot is immobilized by a broken leg, it only takes a few seconds for it to learn how to walk again, using a new gait that minimizes the impact of the broken leg.

The team has previously modeled the motion of these creepy critters. In this new study, they created a framework for operating this robot.

A tiny robot with "caterpillar" legs and the equivalent strength of a human able to easily lift a 26-seat mini-bus could also be used to deliver drugs inside the human body.

Artificial muscles showcased by the schools are powered by a hybrid electro-hydraulic system. Along with the ability to adjust automatically to the surface they’re traversing, the legs move ...

The robot uses simulations to get to know its own body, which makes it more adaptable when things go wrong.

CMU engineers have built a robot able to transition from walking on six legs to five so as to use one of its front legs as a gripper arm.

Scientists at the University of Arizona have built a robot--or rather, a pair of robotic legs--that they believe is the first to accurately replicate how humans walk.