The development of advanced robots like Atlas continues to illustrate “Moravec’s Paradox,” a concept highlighting the surprising difficulty robots face with tasks humans find simple, such as motor ...

What is new about the electric Atlas? Atlas 2.0 surpasses its predecessors in strength and versatility. Unlike the last-generation hydraulic Atlas (HD Atlas), which could already lift and maneuver ...

(TMX) -- Boston Dynamics on Wednesday unveiled the latest version of its Atlas humanoid robot, featuring an upgrade from hydraulic actuation to fully electric, and designed for real-world applications ...

Now that humanoids are all the rage in the robotics industry, Boston Dynamics on Tuesday officially retired theirs. The Hyundai-owned firm has always marched to the beat of its own drummer. Even so, ...

Later this year, Boston Dynamics plans to put its all-electric humanoid Atlas robot to work in a Hyundai factory. The new version of the bot, evolved from the hydraulic Atlas model that’s been ...

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In an effort to catch up with advancements offered by its Chinese counterparts, Boston Dynamics has partnered with the ...

It was surprising, then, that on Tuesday the company announced the “retirement” of Atlas. But the brief confusion over what it all meant ended late Wednesday when Boston Dynamics revealed its all-new, ...

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 ...