Whether it’s wheels, tracks ... pneumatically actuated soft-legged robots that adapt to rough terrain. At a top speed of 20 mm per second, [Michael Tolley]’s squishy little robot won ...
An all-terrain quadruped robot capable of performing Thomas Flare ... and even carrying an adult across rough terrain has been developed by a company in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang Province.
Wherever the robot can roll with wheels faster than it can walk, it uses this form of locomotion. In very difficult terrain that cannot be negotiated with wheels, it locks the wheels and uses them ...