One of the perennial challenges of building robots is minimizing the size and weight of drive systems while preserving power.

One of the perennial challenges of building robots is minimizing the size and weight of drive systems while preserving power. One established way to do this, at least on robots with joints, is to fit ...

February 15, 2007 Atlas Devices’ Rope Ascender is a remarkable new tool that enables "reverse rappelling" up buildings and other vertical surfaces at unprecedented speeds. The device, which is the ...

YouTuber Aaed Musa, who makes his own robots and gadgets, has developed a robot dog called CARA that uses ropes instead of gears to drive it. You can see how CARA is being developed and how the ...

A mechanical engineering student at Purdue University, YouTuber, and self-described robot fanatic has released details of his latest DIY robot, CARA. Unlike most robot dogs that use gears or pulleys, ...