Boston Dynamics

If someone weaponizes our robots, we'll be really, really sad, says Boston Dynamics

Maybe finally a good use for DRM, eh? Preventing armed modifications

Science06 Oct 2022 | 73

US Space Force deploys robot dogs at Cape Canaveral base

Patrolling quadrupeds not fitted with 7.62mm tank machine guns – yet

Offbeat09 Aug 2022 | 34

Boston Dynamics' latest robot is a warehouse workhorse

When does this thing get to unionize?

Science02 Apr 2022 | 37

Hot not-Spot-bot spot: The code behind Xiaomi's CyberDog? Ubuntu

Your four-legged open-source friend? CIMON says 'Maybe'

Software03 Dec 2021 | 13

Boston Dynamics' Spot robot embarks on its latest thrilling adventure: Insurance!

US company equips cybernetic pooch to help in building inspections, post-disaster assessments

Science23 Sep 2021 | 6

Spot the dog? No, we couldn't either because Spot is a robot employed by United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority

Plans to send remote devices to work at 70-year-old decommissioned nuclear power station may not be so barking

Science10 Sep 2021 | 45

Boston Dynamics spends months training its Atlas robots to perform one minute of parkour almost perfectly

Video Sarah Connor is safe for now

AI + ML18 Aug 2021 | 58

Robots still suck. It's all they can do to stand up – never mind rise up

Feature Simultaneous localisation and mapping is hard so for the foreseeable future ’bots will remain bolted down

AI + ML07 Jul 2021 | 55

Hyundai takes 80 per cent stake in terrifying Black Mirror robo-hound firm Boston Dynamics

Korean giant sees bots as helping it become ‘Smart Mobility Solutions Provider’

AI + ML22 Jun 2021 | 24

NYPD puts down $94k robot canine contract after outcry

Digidog will be returned to its Boston Dynamics owners

AI + ML30 Apr 2021 | 50

What happens when back-flipping futuristic robot technology meets capitalism? Yeah, it’s warehouse work

Analysis Boston Dynamics: From Terminator to Amazon worker replacement

Science30 Mar 2021 | 73

Megabucks in funding, 28 years of research, and Boston Dynamics is to be 'sold to Hyundai' for 1/40th of an Arm

So what does that make it, a leg? A toe?

Science10 Dec 2020 | 15

Meet the dog that's all byte and no bark: Boston Dynamics touts robo-pooch Spot with $75k-a-pop price tag

Video What's that Lassie? You need a 400MB firmware update and a reboot?

Science17 Jun 2020 | 19

Singapore releases the robot hounds to enforce social distancing in parks

Smithers: If I really must go outside, can you arrange it so I encounter the smallest possible number of virus-laden humans?

Science10 May 2020 | 63

Dead or alive, you're camming with me, says RoboPup: Bomb squad hires Boston Dynamics Spot to snoop on suspects, packages

Vid Who's a good cyber-boy? Now, please don't kill anyone

Science25 Nov 2019 | 17

Robotics mastermind admits: I pushed over my 1-year-old daughter to understand balance

'We're still good pals,' says Boston Dynamics CEO

Science08 Nov 2019 | 25

Every dog has its day – and this one belongs to Boston Dynamic's four-legged good boy Spot

A K9 to tide you over until hoverboards come out

Science25 Sep 2019 | 48

Can't dance? That's no excuse. Let a robot do it for you at this 'forced exoskeleton rave'

Where else but San Francisco?

Science26 Jul 2019 | 23

Why Boston Dynamics' backflipping borg shouldn't scare you

Ruse of the Machines

Science17 Nov 2017 | 36

Alphabet offloads bot businesses Boston Dynamics and SCHAFT

Who's the cat who won't cop out when there's danger all about? SoftBank. Damn right

On-Prem09 Jun 2017 | 8

Google human-like robot brushes off beating by puny human – this is how Skynet starts

Vid Boston Dynamics reveals your next machine overlord

Science24 Feb 2016 | 110

Been sleeping well lately? No nightmares? Here's a lumbering Google bigfoot bot

Don't worry, it can't outrun you… yet

Science19 Aug 2015 | 13

NERDS KICK PUPPY 'bot in brutal attack

Video Electric dog gamely laughs off vicious assaults

Bootnotes10 Feb 2015 | 54

MIT boffins cry havoc and let slip the ROBOT CHEETAHS of Whoa

Vid Metal BigMog is quiet(ish) and deadly

Science15 Sep 2014 | 26

Robots? What a bunch of workers...

Something for the Weekend, Sir? Google Glass is the last thing you should worry about when going postal

Bootnotes24 Jan 2014 | 31

Factories are too DULL for Google's robo-dreams: Behold the GATAMAMs

Comment 'Look on my works, ye Mighty, and Search On!'

SaaS17 Dec 2013 | 20

Is Google prepping an ARMY of WALKING ROBOTS?

Boston Dynamics, maker of Cheetah and WildCat bots, joins the Chocolate Factory

On-Prem16 Dec 2013 | 42

Terminator-style robot busts leg in martial arts demo mishap

I’ll be back... but not until December

Science18 Oct 2013 | 39

Robot WildCat slips its leash and bounds around parking lot

Video 16 mph pseudo-feline moves in leaps and bounds

Science05 Oct 2013 | 61

Boffins' PETMAN robot mimics human gym rats

Does pushups, walks, squats, and sweats

Science31 Oct 2011 | 6