BigDog, Cheetah, WildCat and Atlas have joined Google’s growing robot menagerie. Google confirmed on Friday that it had completed the acquisition of Boston Dynamics, an engineering company t... Read more
DARPA has revealed the completed ATLAS humanoid robot, which is to star in the upcoming DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC) – and it cuts a striking figure. Designed by Boston Dynamics (the guys... Read more
It is approximately one-tenth as loud as the original version Fans of freaky-looking robots will already be familiar with DARPA’s quadruped Legged Squad Support System, or LS3 (although it’s... Read more
The robotics industry is likely to become as significant as the automotive industry Engineered Arts Ltd.’s Robothespian is probably one of the first professional robotic actors... Read more
FastRunner reach speeds of up to 50 mph (80.4 km/h) Fast as the FastRunner may become, it will never be able to escape the comparison to an ostrich. One day, thanks to a joint effort... Read more
PETMAN’s creators released the first-ever public video of the robot If you were tasked with testing clothing that was designed to protect soldiers from chemical weapons, it goes withou... Read more
HyQ is the Italian cousin of Boston Dynamics‘ DARPA-funded BigDog. Under development at Istituto Italiano Di Tecnologia (IIT) by a group of researchers led by Professor Darwin Caldwell... Read more
DARPA robots that may someday be our new overlords One part of the Department of Defense is hard at work researching technology that is alternately amazing, bizarre, and downright scary. You... Read more
It would be scary to be chased by a military robot. It would also be scary to be chased by a cheetah. So, imagine what it would be like to have a military robotic cheetah sprinting after you... Read more
Whether they use wheels, treads, or even legs, robots often have trouble extricating themselves from situations they may encounter on a space mission. Read more
The loneliness of the long-distance robot: A Cornell University robot named Ranger walked 14.3 miles in about 11 hours, setting an unofficial world record at Cornell’s Barton Hall earl... Read more
Image via Wikipedia Boston Dynamics‘s Legged Squad Support System is the latest challenge for robotics pioneer Marc Raibert Within the next three years, the U.S. military will test the... Read more
