Dennis Hong:

My seven species of robot — and how we created them

Meet seven all-terrain robots — like the humanoid, soccer-playing DARwIn and the cliff-gripping CLIMBeR — built by Dennis Hong's robotics team at RoMeLa, based at Virginia Tech. Watch to the end for the five creative secrets to his lab's success.

Dennis Hong

Roboticist

Dennis Hong is the founder and director of RoMeLa — a Virginia Tech robotics lab that has pioneered several breakthroughs in robot design and engineering. Full bio