Boston Dynamics makes some of the most impressive robots in the world – so impressive that they can even dance, seemingly with ease. The…
Here’s another thing robots can do better than you: backflips. Boston Dynamics, the MIT offshoot company now owned by Japanese tech giant SoftBank, showed…
Waltham, Mass.-based Boston Dynamics was founded by Raibert in 1992 as a spin-off out of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where it developed the…
The company voted most likely to spawn the Robopocalypse has released a pair of new videos showcasing the latest abilities of its artificial creations.…
It was only a mere week ago that the world got to see what Boston Dynamics’ SpotMini robot dog has been up to. A followup…
The first time we saw Boston Dynamics’ SpotMini robo-dog in action, it used its gripping arm to help load a dishwasher. Since then, SpotMini has…
It’s been a while since we’ve seen any updates on the Boston Dynamics Atlas robot. Alphabet (Google) sold Boston Dynamics to SoftBank in June and…
That science fiction future where robots can do what people and animals do may be closer than you think. Marc Raibert, the founder of Boston…
The humanoid robot Atlas balancing on a line contact (plywood edge approx. 2cm thick). This video was recorded during a lucky run, usually the robot…
SpotMini is a new smaller version of the Spot robot, weighing 55 lbs dripping wet (65 lbs if you include its arm.) SpotMini is all-electric…
This version of Atlas can walk over rough terrain without safety cables, it runs on battery power, it can squat and pick up boxes, open…
Meet Spot, another robot creation by Boston Dynamics. Spot is a four-legged robot designed for indoor and outdoor operation. It is electrically powered and hydraulically…
Using localization we are able to send a single footstep plan to the robot telling it to walk over the cinder blocks and repeat without…
War by itself pose ethical dilemmas and using robots in war, even more so. However, robotics in war is a reality and will likely become…