Carnegie Mellon University researchers have developed a new type of mobile robot that balances on a ball instead of legs or wheels. “Ballbot” is a self-contained, battery-operated, omnidirectional ...

Those humanoid robots are all well and good if you've got 30 minutes to watch ASIMO manage a 360 degree turn, but some researchers at Carnegie Mellon have been spending some time trying to figure out ...

It isn’t quite as lovable as the spherical droid from Star Wars: The Force Awakens, but this robot from Carnegie Mellon University has the benefit of being more than a special effect (however cool).

Who needs a robot on two legs when you can have one that rolls? Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, a well-known hub for breakthroughs in robotics, said Wednesday that they've built a new type ...

In a surprising development in the field of robotics, researchers have discovered that small modifications to a robot’s body mass and ball size can significantly enhance its balancing abilities.

Ballbot, a narrow, 5-foot-tall robot, balances delicately on what looks like a bowling ball. Swaying slightly on a laboratory floor, the aluminum-framed droid seems ready to fall at any moment. But ...

http://www.msl.ri.cmu.edu/projects/ballbot/video/nsh3305short.mpg Oh man. That American robot sure doesn't "walk" anything like a puppet-show bipedal Japanese robot ...

Engineers have unveiled a revolutionary self-propelling robot that balances on a ball instead of legs or wheels. Developed by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, 'Ballbot' is described as a ...