BigDog, Cheetah, WildCat and Atlas have joined Google’s growing robot menagerie. Google confirmed on Friday that it had completed the acquisition of Boston Dynamics, an engineering company t... Read more
It is approximately one-tenth as loud as the original version Fans of freaky-looking robots will already be familiar with DARPA’s quadruped Legged Squad Support System, or LS3 (although it’s... Read more
Bots of Burden The latest are the roachlike RHex and four-wheeled hopping Sand Flea. A mechanical cheetah might not be far behind Three of the U.S. military’s newest recruits reported... Read more
The military hopes that improved robot mobility will enable robots to assist across a broader range of missions It’s been a very little over a year since Boston Dynamics was awa... Read more
The robotics industry is likely to become as significant as the automotive industry Engineered Arts Ltd.’s Robothespian is probably one of the first professional robotic actors... Read more
HyQ is the Italian cousin of Boston Dynamics‘ DARPA-funded BigDog. Under development at Istituto Italiano Di Tecnologia (IIT) by a group of researchers led by Professor Darwin Caldwell... Read more
Image via Wikipedia Boston Dynamics‘s Legged Squad Support System is the latest challenge for robotics pioneer Marc Raibert Within the next three years, the U.S. military will test the... Read more