To many, the sight is a combination of mind-blowing and nightmarish: a humanoid robot, laying on the floor, before it flips its legs over its metallic body to stand at full height. In a new video ...

Atlas lies motionless in a prone position atop interlocking gym mats. The only soundtrack is the whirring of an electric motor. It’s not quiet, exactly, but it’s nothing compared to the hydraulic ...

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In the video, the Atlas robot, which is humanoid in appearance, jumps over a log and then hops up a series of platforms. Boston Dynamics is known for creating robots whose movements closely resemble ...

The development of advanced robots like Atlas continues to illustrate “Moravec’s Paradox,” a concept highlighting the surprising difficulty robots face with tasks humans find simple, such as motor ...

Following the retirement of its jumping hydraulic Atlas robot, it seems Boston Dynamics isn’t quite done with its monstrous humanoid creations yet. Right on cue, the robotics company has revealed a ...

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Google has bought Boston Dynamics, the maker of futuristic military-grade robots including the galloping "WildCat" and the Sandflea, which can jump more than nine metres into the air. Boston Dynamics ...

Thanks to the many ongoing projects in this field, we're used by now to seeing humanoid robots performing all sorts of impressive, almost human-like tasks and movements. But it's not until you see one ...

For decades now, I've been trying to reassure people that the coming robot revolution will not result in job loss for us humans. It's a notion I firmly believed – or at least did until this morning.

Boston Dynamics’ Atlas bipedal robot has moved past running and jumping and is now completing full complex gymnastics routines. The Atlas robot is a vaguely humanoid robot that the robotics company ...