When a group of researchers asked an AI to design a robot that could walk, it created a "small, squishy and misshapen" thing that walks by spasming when filled with air. The researchers ...

However, as covered by The Robot Report, the design files have now been released for others to use. Rights to the PR2 robot landed in the hands of Clearpath Robotics, after Willow Garage was shut ...

Video after the break. Three of the designs are capstan mechanisms, with different motors and layouts, tested for [Paul]’s latest quadruped robot. Capstan mechanisms are a few centuries old ...

Using a combination of mathematics, computer simulations, and laboratory experiments, the researchers have discovered how to design a robot with the optimum size, shape and the arrangement of its ...