For a robot, climbing a 7 1/2 -foot pyramid can be a daunting task -- and that's the point. In this year's FIRST robotics challenge, Ultimate Ascent, robots have the opportunity to score up to 30 ...

This closeup shows the hook-like steel claws used by the University of Utah's ROCR Oscillating Climbing Robot as it ascends a carpeted wall. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for ...

What’s happened? Led by robotics Ph.D. student Paul Nadan, a team at Carnegie Mellon University has been developing the extraordinary Loris robot for several years. The latest version of the robot, ...

The proliferation of robots like Boston Dynamics’ Spot has showcased the versatility of quadrupeds. These systems have thrived at walking up stairs, traversing small obstacles, and navigating uneven ...

Researchers at the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) have developed a growing robot, named FiloBot, that responds to gravity and light by autonomously adopting some of the behaviors of climbing ...

The European Space Agency and partners have demonstrated climbing robots that mimic the stickiness of gecko lizard feet, a development that could see hull-crawling automatons attending to future ...