Researchers in France are calling their six-legged creation the “AntBot.” This 9-inch robot doesn’t just skitter around like a desert ant, though—it also ...

A six-legged robot learns different walking styles, which it can then use to adapt to tricky terrain or even flee from the first signs of trouble A six-legged robot with a “panic mode” is ...

Although the program delivered original, working examples within literal seconds, the new robots “ [look] nothing like any animal that has ever walked the earth,” Kriegman said in Northwestern ...

The robot is able to carry a payload of “10-20kg” and could be used by people who have trouble walking, for example (it’s possible for humans to “wear” the robot on their legs).