From the delicate force sensors in blow flies’ legs to advanced algorithms that let robots share skills, biomechanics and robotics are merging in fascinating ways. These insights reveal how living ...

What is it about a cheetah's build that enables it to run so fast? What gives the wolf its exceptional endurance? While these questions can be partly answered through animal experiments, many ...

Researchers at the University of Michigan have developed a modular, open-source robot that can rapidly change its body proportions to test how anatomy affects movement. Called The Robot of Theseus, or ...

Robotics combines computer science, engineering, and technology to design, construct, and utilize machines that are programmed to replicate or substitute human actions and decision-making. These ...