Abstract: To enrich legged robots with fast energy-efficient mobility on even terrain, wheeled-legged robots have emerged as a valued robot form in robotics research. This paper describes the complete ...

Abstract: The performance of optimization-based robot motion planning algorithms is highly dependent on the initial solutions, commonly obtained by running a sampling-based planner to obtain a ...

Journal Editorial Report: The week’s best and worst from Kim Strassel, Allysia Finley and Kyle Peterson. While the U.S. celebrates its dominance in artificial-intelligence software, China is quietly ...

YouTuber Cody ‘WhistlinDiesel’ Detwiler put an $80,000 humanoid robot named Ben through an intense series of “durability tests,” ultimately destroying it in the process. The YouTuber’s new video ...

A little red robot that’s one-tenth the size of a car and can travel up to 20 miles per hour could be the future of automated deliveries at DoorDash. Dot, an electric, street-friendly robot, said ...

The hype around delivery robots has fizzled, but DoorDash is still determined to launch Dot, an adorable red bot. It can ride on roads and in bike lanes, where it will face daunting challenges. When ...

Construction robots have been around for a while, automating challenging tasks on job sites. The new kid on this block is called Charlotte, and it's billed as being autonomously capable of building a ...

Researchers have uncovered serious security flaws with the Unitree G1 humanoid robot, a machine that is already being used in laboratories and some police departments. They discovered that G1 can be ...

Technology Museum of Science lets the public interact with robot dogs and humanoid robots "I think it’s really, really useful for people to have a chance to see them, learn more about them, ask ...