Spherical robots comprise a class of mobile systems characterised by a fully enclosed spherical shell that integrates internal actuation mechanisms. Their dynamics are defined by complex nonholonomic ...

Boston Dynamics’ latest — deliberately creepy? — humanoid robot has me rethinking my smart home robot dreams. Boston Dynamics’ latest — deliberately creepy? — humanoid robot has me rethinking my smart ...

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 ...

Boston Dynamics recently announced the retirement of its first-generation hydraulic Atlas robot and introduced a new, fully electric version designed for real-world applications. This transition marks ...

The humanoid robotics market is starting to heat up, and the company that’s been doing this the longest isn’t going to sit by and watch. Boston Dynamics has a new humanoid robot that the company says ...

The robot is shaped like a human, but it sure doesn’t move like one. It starts supine on the floor, pancake-flat. Then, in a display of superhuman joint mobility, its legs curl upward from the knees, ...

Boston Dynamics has released a new explanation of one of Atlas’s most striking behaviors. It’s an eerie, contortion-like way to get up from the ground. The motion, long visible in widely shared videos ...

Boston Dynamics' humanoid robot is ready to battle it out with Australian breakdancer B-Girl Raygun after showing off some new moves. (And no, this is not an episode of Black Mirror.) In a new video ...