Gerenuks have pointed snouts and long tongues that help them reach tall leaves. ©Lennjo/Shutterstock.com The gerenuk’s striking appearance isn’t the only thing that makes it stand out — these ...

Researchers developed a motor-free quadruped robot mimicking dog motion using springs and cables, adapting to speed changes ...

ICRA, 2023. An enhanced AMP approach allowing multiple discrete "styles" of motion. Demonstrates behaviors such as switching between biped and quadruped stances on a wheel-legged platform (standing on ...

My take on the quadruped Spot Micro robot. Its built around an ESP32 cam microcontroller and utilizes a svelte app to control it ...

Wheels are attached to the bottom of each leg, oriented at a right angle to the leg’s plane of motion to allow the foot to slide. Varying the relative speed and direction of each of the ...

A leg cramp is a sudden, uncontrolled contraction of a muscle. This can occur elsewhere in the body, but is most commonly experienced in the lower extremities. Leg cramps or spasms are unpredictable ...

The human body is not perfectly designed to swing a golf club. The wear and tear on soft tissue and bone leads to a host of ...

Walking with electric motor-driven legged robots is not very energy-efficient. Researchers have developed a passive mechanism ...