Is it possible to crack down on gun violence without cracking down too much? That may seem like an odd question, but it's a reasonable one. There is a good chance the Trump administration will soon ...

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.

Balancing systems, exemplified by inverted pendulums, self-erecting poles and underactuated robotic platforms, present a canonical challenge in control theory due to their intrinsic instability and ...

The vestibular system (specifically your inner ears) works with your visual system to keep objects you are looking at in focus as your body moves. This is another thing we take for granted. If you ...

Engineers have developed a method to control balance in a two-legged, teleoperated robot -- an essential step toward enabling a humanoid to carry out high-impact tasks in challenging environments.