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

Boston Dynamics has released a new explanation of one of Atlas’s most striking behaviors. It’s an eerie, contortion-like way ...

The humanoid Atlas robot performs some strange contortions to get up from a lying position. An engineer explains why.

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

Boston Dynamics’ humanoid robot may have skipped the inaugural “robot Olympics” in China last week, but that doesn’t mean the engineers behind the machine have been sitting around watching the world ...

Tech titans from Elon Musk to SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son have envisioned humanoid robots working next to people in factories, schools and homes. Realizing that future will require humanoid makers to ...

Silicon Valley startup Foundation isn't shy about employing its humanoid robots in the defense industry. And yes, the CEO is ...

The Chinese government is betting that robots will drive economic growth. But the bots can’t really do much yet.