Posts Tagged Legs

  • Biomimetics: Climbing Robots Use Whegs Biomimetics: Climbing Robots Use Whegs

    Researchers at the Biologically Inspired Robotics Lab or the Biomimetics Lab, developed the Whegs series. Case Western Reserve University used both wheels and legs to create Whegs robots, mini-Whegs, and climbing mini-Whegs. The robots move freely at a relatively high speed and climb over obstacl...

  • Boston Dynamics Big Dog: A Multi-Terrain Robot Boston Dynamics Big Dog: A Multi-Terrain Robot

    Does it freak you out? Don't mind looking for the head, it's probably placed somewhere covered by the heavy loads on it's back. Big Dog is an amazing runner. You have to watch the video to see how a magnificent runner it is, even in difficult terrains. Big Dog is Boston Dynamics' rough-terrain ro...

  • NASA's Superbot Is A NASA’s Superbot Is A “Real Transformer”

    Remember the "Transformers" fictitious characters like Megatron and Optimus Prime? They have the abilities to quickly transform into a ten-wheeler truck or a trailer. Well, this motion picture has finally come to the real world. "Real transformers" are actually here. NASA's Superbot is the "real ...

  • Robotics help: stronger motors?

    I Am Blashyrkh asked: I am a kinetic sculptor and I want to create a light following robot that walks. The mechanics for the walking are not new to me but the robotics/programming stuff definitely is. Ive been trying to figure out how to build everything and everything i find is for tiny little micr...