ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (Army News Service, Dec. 4, 2015) -- When a Soldier trips over a rock, he picks himself up, dusts himself off, and presses on. Bomb-defusing robots, for the moment, are ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Robots perform many tasks that humans can't or don't want to perform, getting around on intricately designed wheels and limbs. If they tip over, however, they are rendered almost ...

Norwegian electronics hacker [Hans Jørgen] aka [time expander] on YouTube, has a clear interest in robotics, and for his latest effort, decided that it was time to build a custom controller platform.

When a robot falls over, it usually can't get up-- at least not without difficulty. To address the trouble of downed robots, scientists are taking a cue from the natural world, examining how click ...

TYSONS CORNER, VA, November 20, 2018 ” Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory has collaborated with U.S. Army researchers to build software that will serve to provide a self-righting ...

It's time for a glance into the distant past. Here is Ouroborus, a lazy-man's domino toppling game from artist Karl Lautman. Lautman's self-righting domino circle won a second prize at the ...

If a fixed-wing drone survives a fall to the ground, it’s still screwed if it happens to land upside down. The same cannot be said for beetles like ladybugs. That’s because of their elytra, or the ...

A lot of robots are like turtles – they're not much use when they're on their backs. So scientists at the US Army Research Laboratory (ARL) and the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory ...