The Open Dynamic Robot Initiative is a joint open source project led by multiple robot-related research institutes, including the Movement Generation and Control Group at the Max Planck Institute, the ...

Quadruped "robot dogs" may move quite a bit like their canine counterparts on land, but they're not nearly as good at swimming (although some can walk underwater). Such is not the case with a new mini ...

I've using six ODrive Robotics BLDC motor drivers to drive the 12 axis for the robot dog's legs. The microcontroller is a Teensy 4.1 with an MPU6050 and an NRF24L01 radio chip. Next time I'll be ...

The most agile robot dogs are the ones with back-drivable low-ratio reducers which allows the motor to be back-driven so we get some natural spring in the legs - which can be controlled on the fly ...

American flamethrower manufacturer Throwflame has launched the Thermonator, a four-legged dog-type robot equipped with a flamethrower. You can see the dog-type robot walking around on all fours ...

Unitree Robotics introduced a quadruped robot that can hold as much as 100kg, albeit only when stationary, as Chinese companies continue to challenge Western rivals on both price and performance.

The MIT jumping robot is only 5 cm tall and weighs less than a gram. But it can still make big jumps. Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have identified the hopping ...

The Chinese robotics company Unitree Robotics has developed the A2 Stellar Hunter, a four-legged robot dog that can carry heavy loads of up to 100 kg when stationary, is robust and can also withstand ...