Engineers at Northwestern University have created the first AI-Evolved adaptable robots with “athletic intelligence,” born to run and refuse to die.
These robots can be mixed and reassembled in the field, recover from damage, are modular, and keep moving no matter what happens.
Called “legged metamachines,” they are built from small, Lego-like units that snap together in many different ways. Each unit is a complete robot on its own, with its own motor, battery, and computer. By itself, a unit can roll, turn, and jump—but real agility and toughness appear when multiple units connect.
To find the best designs, the team used artificial intelligence to generate new body shapes. Instead of copying animals like dogs or humans, the AI created unusual machine forms no engineer would normally imagine. When linked together, these metamachines can move like seals, run like lizards, or leap like kangaroos.
Source: Northwestern University
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