Researchers have developed intention-based learning methods that allow robots with different physical designs to share skills by focusing on high-level goals rather than specific movements. The ...

Traditional hydraulics are falling away, as electric lift systems and quasi-direct drive (QDD) motors enable smarter, more precise motion control in warehouse automation, pallets and platforms for ...

Their result is the “legged metamachine,” a rugged modular robot that looks strange and moves even more strangely. Yet the researchers say it can literally be cut in half and still function. The robot ...