Nowadays, design, development, and motion planning of a mobile robot explore research
areas in the field of robotics. Mobile robots have an extensive area of applications in various …

This article surveys traditional research topics in industrial robotics and mobile robotics and
then expands on new trends in robotics research that focus more on the interaction between …

This paper introduces Starl ETH, a compliant quadrupedal robot that is designed to study
fast, efficient, and versatile locomotion. The platform is fully actuated with high compliant …

Quadrupedal animals move through their environments with unmatched agility and grace.
An important part of this is the ability to choose between different gaits in order to travel …

Some quadruped robots developed recently show better dynamic performance and
environmental adaptability than ever, and have been preliminarily applied in the field of …

Many critical elements for statically stable walking for legged robots have been known for a
long time, including stability criteria based on support polygons, good foothold selection …

An intelligent walking-aid cane robot is developed for assisting the elderly and the physically
challenged with walking. A motion control method is proposed for the cane robot based on …

This paper studies underwater legged locomotion (ULL) by means of a robotic octopus-
inspired prototype and its associated model. Two different types of propulsive actions are …

For robots to handle the numerous factors that can affect them in the real world, they must
adapt to changes and unexpected events. Evolutionary robotics tries to solve some of these …

The aim of this article is to propose a bio-inspired morphological classification for soft robots
based on an extended review process. The morphology of living beings that inspire soft …