Parkour is all about hurling yourself quickly and efficiently past whatever obstacles are in your path while maintaining as much momentum as possible. It's a challenge for humans, so how would robots ...

Okay, that’s not strictly true. At the moment, RHex can only traverse most terrains, hurl himself over gaps around a couple of feet, and pull himself up onto ledges several times his own height, which ...

Experimental robots can have some fairly jarring means of locomotion, but wait until you see the X-RHex, a half-wheeled, half-legged robot who scoffs at hills, grass, and other terrain. Watch this ...

RHex is a six-legged robot whose team hopes to one day use it for search-and-rescue missions or data collection. The decade-old project began to move on ice eight weeks ago. A six-legged robot is a ...

Military robots are almost two a-penny, but few of them will incite fear and loathing at the tingling nerves at the top of your spine like this one–a six legged, half-wheel bot that can happily jump ...

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania. have put together a robot that can jump and climb. That could make it particularly useful for military search missions or supply transport. The RHex ...

Fred Rogers once said, “You make each day special just by your being you.” At least, that’s what RHex’s creators at the University of Pennsylvania whisper to it each morning before the “parkour robot” ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ik41wGh3x0g&hl=en&fs=1&] The RHEX is a general purpose six-legged robot that can right itself and climb stairs. It can walk ...

Read about 6 rescue robots that could save your life one day. “What we want is a robot that can go anywhere, even over terrain that might be broken and uneven,” says Aaron Johnson, an engineering ...