The ATEC2026 -- AI and Robotics Real-World Extreme Challenge officially launched today.

video: Researchers at EPFL and UNIL have discovered a faster and more efficient gait, never observed in nature, for six-legged robots walking on flat ground. Bio-inspired gaits -- less efficient for ...

Physical AI is moving robotics beyond scripted automation into systems that can perceive, reason, and act in complex environments. Instead of relying on rigid, pre-programmed routines, modern robots ...

Over the next decades, robots are expected to make their way into a growing number of households, public spaces, and professional environments. Many of the most advanced and promising robots designed ...

Recently, in a Berkeley lab, a robot called Cassie taught itself to walk, a little like a toddler might. Through trial and error, it learned to move in a simulated world. Then its handlers sent it ...

TOKYO, JAPAN - DECEMBER 03: Kawasaki Heavy Industries' Corleo hydrogen-powered four-legged robot is displayed during the International Robot Exhibition on December 03, 2025 in Tokyo, Japan. The ...

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Quadrupedal robots are becoming a familiar sight, but engineers are still working out the full capabilities of these machines. Now, a group of researchers from MIT says one way to improve their ...