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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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.

One of the major problems facing robots is the ability to self-right themselves if they happen to stumble while exploring an environment. However, the University of Pennsylvania’s Kod*lab has now ...

ADELPHI, Md. (Feb. 10, 2016) -- Supported by the U.S. Army Research Laboratory, University of California-Berkeley researchers have developed a small, crawling robot that mimics a cockroach's ability ...

According to the manufacturer, the Wobble Light provides tradesmen a substitute to tripod-mounted lights that require time-consuming setup and can easily tip over and break. The 3-foot tall unit is a ...

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 ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The global financial crisis has revealed major weaknesses in conventional economics. Economists will need to face up to these if their ...