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

R esearchers at the University of Leeds recently demonstrated a framework for a quadruped robot with a design inspired by the bio-mechanics of four-legged animals. The versatile robot is able to ...

just as quadruped animals do when they accelerate. When confronted with successive gaps in the experimental surface, the robot spontaneously switched from trotting to pronking to avoid falls.

Seems bizarre, right? So, how exactly did groundhogs become the go-to animal for predicting the weather? Bill Murray: That's not bad for a quadruped. You gotta check your mirrors. Just side of ...

While the company didn't exactly let me play fetch with its quadruped robotic animal, I did see a demo in which four CyberDogs 2 danced, wiggled, and did backflips in unison. It was impressive ...