From mowing and trimming in summer to snow plowing in winter, the Yarbo M modular yard robot swaps modules on demand.

Each unit has multiple points to which another unit can attach itself: 18 of them, to be precise, which means that just two units can be combined in 435 ways. The number of possible configurations ...

The phrase "the whole is greater than the sum of its parts" is doubly true for SWARM, the WashU Robotics team on the cutting edge of modular robotics. The project’s 15 members are working to create ...

It took nature millions of years to create intelligent, adaptive species. Researchers at Northwestern University in Illinois ...

The team has developed a class of machines called “legged metamachines”, built from self-contained robotic modules that can combine into multiple configurations and continue functioning despite the ...

Called “legged metamachines,” the creations are made from autonomous, Lego-like modules that snap together into an endless number of configurations. Each module by itself is a complete robot with its ...

Most robots have fixed body designs that cannot adapt to new environments or survive damage, making them fragile outside controlled settings. Researchers used AI-driven evolution and Lego-like modular ...

Engineers in the United States have created AI-powered robots that can evolve and reconfigure themselves, as well as recover from damage. The alien-like machines, described as ‘legged metamachines’, ...

Engineers at Northwestern University have developed a new class of modular robots called “legged metamachines.” These machines possess built-in athletic intelligence that adapts on the go. The robots ...

Northwestern University engineers have developed the first modular robots with athletic intelligence. They can be combined and recombined in the wild, recover from injury and keep moving no matter ...