GOAT (Good Over All Terrains), morphing robot, CREATE Lab – Computational Robot Design & Fabrication Lab, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland

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Good Over All Terrain (GOAT): Robotic locomotion through active and passive morphological adaptation

Feb 26, 2025

Robust outdoor locomotion was achieved through active and passive reconfiguration of a morphing robot made from elastic fiberglass rods. Our GOAT (Good Over All Terrain) robot leverages its adaptability to navigate in extreme outdoor environments performing "environmental computation".

Publication: science.org/doi/10.1126/scirobotics.adp6419
Press release: actu.epfl.ch/news/morphing-robot-turns-challenging-terrain-to-its-ad

Cite as: Max Polzin et al., Robotic locomotion through active and passive morphological adaptation in extreme outdoor environments. Sci Robot.10, eadp6419(2025). DOI:10.1126/scirobotics.adp6419