Normally when you hear the words “rope” and “dog” in the same sentence, you think about a dog on a leash, but in this robot dog, the rope is what makes it move, not what stops it from going too far.

Redundant manipulators, endowed with more degrees of freedom than minimally required, offer enhanced flexibility and adaptability in achieving complex end-effector tasks. The inverse kinematics (IK) ...

New software optimizes kinematics and plans paths for custom robots handling multiple axes. Flexible Robotic Environment (FRE) software was written by Bicommerce LLC, Rapid City, S. D., and it also ...