Created by a team of eight engineering bachelor students at Switzerland's ETH Zurich research institute, the quadruped robot is inspired by the wall- and ceiling-climbing capabilities of the gecko.

This new robot is quadruped, meaning it stands on four feet, which may not exactly be reminiscent of a spider, but this arachnid-like machine can fly with no jet engines.

Robot humanoids are cool, but also a bit hard to make work as they only have two legs to stand on. Four-legged robots can be a bit more approachable. The Dingo Quadruped aims to be just such an ope… ...

Listen, we’re all big fans of science here—but sometimes, science gets it wrong. Case in point: Japanese engineers have created an utterly creepy robot spider that’s also capable of flying ...

We’ve seen how a quadruped robot dog can dribble a ball, climb walls, run on sand, and open doors with its “paws.” The latest test isn’t that of motion, necessarily, but of balance.

The key to how the University of Tokyo’s new robot spider flies, and even walks, is actually in its name. Meet SPIDAR, and brace yourselves for this acronym.The “SPherIcally vectorable and ...