An orange wheel rolls across concrete and suddenly jumps, as if it decided to ...

Inspired by the spring-loaded motion of tiny parasitic nematodes, engineers have developed a robot that can leap to significant heights. A 5-inch soft robot developed by a team at Georgia Institute of ...

Discover the innovative high-jumping robot created by scientists at the Hawkes Lab, University of California, Santa Barbara.

A hopping, insect-sized robot can jump over gaps or obstacles, traverse rough, slippery, or slanted surfaces, and perform aerial acrobatic maneuvers, while using a fraction of the energy required for ...

Inspired by the movements of a small parasitic worm, Georgia Tech engineers have created a 5-inch soft robot that can jump as high as a basketball hoop.

A DARPA-sponsored initiative to build soft-bodied robots has led to some pretty impressive breakthroughs in robotics research, ranging from being able to access previously unreachable areas to ...

A 301 mg soft robot jumps continuously under constant light without batteries or electronics, using snap-through buckling and self-shadowing to create an autonomous feedback loop. (Nanowerk Spotlight) ...

Recent advancements in robotics have increasingly drawn on biological principles to develop machines capable of dynamic, agile motion. One area of significant progress is the design of jumping robots ...

Inspired by the movements of a tiny parasitic worm, Georgia Tech engineers have created a 5-inch soft robot that can jump as high as a basketball hoop. Their device, a silicone rod with a carbon-fiber ...

CAMBRIDGE, MA — Insect-scale robots can squeeze into places their larger counterparts can’t, like deep into a collapsed building to search for survivors after an earthquake. However, as they move ...