RoboGrammar is a new system that automates and optimizes robot design. The system creates arthropod-inspired robots for traversing a variety of terrains. It could spawn more inventive robot forms with ...

A novel MIT-developed system makes it possible to design robot shapes and determine its optimal ability to traverse a particular terrain. The simulation-based system is called RoboGrammar and is a ...

Researchers at MIT have developed a way for a computer to essentially design its own robotic body, based on the available parts and the local terrain. Dubbed RoboGrammar, the system knows what ...

EECS students turned in a strong showing at the 2014 McCormick Autonomous Robot Design Competition, which took place on Saturday, May 17 at the Ford Motor Company Engineering Design Center. Teams of ...

If you grew up playing with LOGO on an old 8-bit computer, you’re probably familiar with the concept of a drawbot. It’s a simple robot that drags a pen around to draw on paper. [Tim] decided to build ...

“Empathy is the new black,” someone said to me recently, referring to the trend in recent years to blame many of humanity’s most pressing problems on the depletion of empathy in today’s tech-mediated ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. — A start-up company has designed a robot called the PR2 that bears some resemblance to “Rosie,” the robot from the 1960s animated television show The Jetsons. Still under development ...

A university computer scientist is using robots and other technology to draw middle and high school students to STEM.

The robots are here, zipping across the Colorado State University campus as students, faculty and staff pull out their cell ...

Sepro Robotique introduced the S-15X robot at K 2025, featuring a full redesign of its mechanics, electronics and software, ...