Named "Spot," the quadruped robot from developers Boston Dynamics has been on the cutting edge of canine-like robots for several years now. Its newest trick is a triple backflip. While there isn't a ...

Robot dogs bopping to the soaring tunes of a child prodigy violinist and powerful performances by K-pop megastar G-Dragon and ...

Boston Dynamics often springs to mind when the conversation turns to cutting-edge four-legged robotic dogs. However, China has unveiled a new contender that is doing more than just competing—it’s ...

Quadruped robots are fast evolving from backflipping tech demos to serious testbeds for computer systems navigating the real ...

In a simulated natural disaster, robotic drones from the University of Maryland's RoboScout Team arrived first, scanning the ...

This video of 10 robot dogs from Boston Dynamics hauling a monster truck is somewhat disconcerting. My chum Arthur Smith used to be one of the world’s foremost authorities with regard to research into ...

Humanoid robots have been getting a lot of buzz this year. But quadrupeds — the mechanical “dogs” — are emerging as the true proving ground for embodied artificial intelligence.