The list of places we will be safe from robot attack continues to shrink, as the ROCR robot, courtesy of the University of Utah, can now efficiently scale walls. The ...

Engineers have used a variety of techniques to create robots that can scale walls – “the Climber” uses a rolling seal, while the insect-like robots from SRI have caterpillar tracks with ...

Wielding two claws, a motor and a tail that swings like a grandfather clock's pendulum, a small robot named ROCR ("rocker") scrambles up a carpeted, 8-foot wall in just over 15 seconds -- the first ...

The guys at the University of Utah have been busy with another great leap for robotkind as they recently field tested ROCR. Sure, it may not look like much and if you didn’t know it was a robot you ...

Streamlined solution for mitochondrial assessment democratizes cell analysis making it accessible to more researchers Mitochondria are central to energy production processes that drive cellular ...

The ROCR Oscillating Climbing Robot developed by University of Utah mechanical engineer William Provancher and colleagues can climb carpeted walls efficiently using two hook-like claws, a motor and a ...