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

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Boston Dynamics and Ghost Robotics settle disputes over patents for the Spot robot dog. Now they even want to work together and have big goals. Specifically, the case concerned seven patents held by ...

Boston Dynamics is an American engineering and robotics company known for developing highly advanced mobile robots capable of ...

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

Elektro didn’t come to fruition, but we’re nearly at the point where the future finally arrives. Earlier this year, Beijing held the World Humanoid Robot Games, which showcased human-like robots ...

Most street-based delivery robots take the form of a compact, wheel-based vehicle with a secure compartment for the item that ...

The personal robots of the future depicted in science fiction could happen a lot sooner in this lifetime than most people think. At Yahoo Finance's Invest summit, Allie Garfinkle interviews Boston ...

Hyundai-owned Boston Dynamics has shared a video of its Atlas humanoid robots doing parkour, showcasing its prowess in the robotics space. The video shows the robots running up a series of plywood ...

It's never been clear whether robotics company Boston Dynamics is making killing machines, household helpers, or something else entirely. For nine years, the secretive firm — which got its start with ...

The folks over at Boston Dynamics gave one of its robots a bit of an upgrade — the humanoid model now has the ability to leap and jump over objects. The Massachusetts-based robotics company released a ...