At less than one and a half inches tall, roughly the same height as a LEGO minifigure, the world's smallest self-contained ...

Bipedal robots aren’t just human-shaped machines with arms and legs. At the cutting edge of robotics, they can also take the ...

Standing at 1.5 inches tall — roughly the size of a LEGO minifigure — “Zippy” the robot can skip, climb, turn and walk. Additionally, the robot is comprised of a self-contained system that includes a ...

Bipedal robots are uncommon, and back in the day they were downright rare. One reason is that the state of controlled falling that makes up a walking gait isn’t exactly a plug-and-play feature.