The value of humanoid robots in industrial settings has long been questioned, particularly when simpler machines such as ...

Boston Dynamics, the 32-year-old company famed for its amusing or creepy (depending on your interpretation) advanced robots including Atlas (humanoid) and Spot (a dog-like quadruped) featured in viral ...

Could a robot unload your groceries and put them away? A new video makes that future seem not so far away. The latest video from Boston Dynamics shows a humanoid robot moving objects from one ...

Boston Dynamics retired its hydraulic Atlas robot this week before unveiling its new fully electric version.

It’s been a month of extremes for Google’s artificial intelligent efforts, as the tech giant basks in the afterglow of winning a board game tournament against one of the world’s top players, while ...

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Boston Dynamics probably has the most show-offy robots on the planet right now, and the company's latest video shows that its robodog, Spot, is no exception. Spoiler alert: he nails a septuple back ...

Named "Spot," the quadruped robot from developers Boston Dynamics has been on the cutting edge of canine-like robots for several years now. Its newest trick is a triple backflip. While there isn't a ...

What makes a humanoid hand so fascinating? Imagine a robotic gripper delicately assembling intricate components on a factory floor or carefully holding fragile medical instruments during surgery.

Early humanoid deployments will often rely on teleoperation: humans controlling robots remotely to perform useful tasks while ...

Humanoid robots may be part of our future, but human psychology and the uncanny valley may stand between them and world ...