Robots are great at exploring land, sea, sky and space, but one environment that’s trickier for them to navigate is through the ground. Now, engineers at UC Santa Barbara (UCSB) and Georgia Tech have ...

A six-legged, hamster-sized robot that can easily scamper across sand, gravel and similarly unstable surfaces could lead to better rovers for exploring Mars and other alien worlds, researchers say.

Engineers have developed the first soft robot that is capable of walking on rough surfaces, such as sand and pebbles. The 3-D-printed, four-legged robot can climb over obstacles and walk on different ...