Robots that mimic humans are set to create a $5 trillion market. But it will take years and a lot of improvements to get ...

Atlas, the humanoid robot developed by Boston Dynamics, a Hyundai Motor–backed robotics firm, will make its first live public ...

Boston Dynamics just released the latest demo of its humanoid robot, Atlas. The robot could already run and jump over complex terrain thanks to its feet. Now, the robot has hands, per se. These ...

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

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 ...

Boston Dynamics, the 32-year-old company famed for its amusing or creepy (depending on your interpretation) advanced robots including Atlas (humanoid) and Spot (a dog-like quadruped) featured in viral ...

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

How we relate to humanoid robots matters. In the video below, Cleo Abram demonstrates what it was like to mistreat the Boston Dynamics Atlas robot. She was surprised by her emotional reaction. She ...

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 ...

Boston Dynamics retired its hydraulic Atlas robot this week before unveiling its new fully electric version.

In a move that inches us just a little closer to the singularity, engineers have developed robots that can grow, self-repair, and morph by absorbing parts from other robots. They can also help their ...

Scientists from the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) and the University of Michigan have created the world's smallest autonomous and programmable robots. Each measuring about 200 micrometers wide – ...