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

Robot companies are racing toward a breakout year, but they'll have to confront some fundamental problems before making ...

Boston Dynamics has released a new explanation of one of Atlas’s most striking behaviors. It’s an eerie, contortion-like way ...

Why would one of the most sophisticated humanoid robots in the world want to get up from the floor in a way no human ever would? The answer lies deep in the interaction between sensor limitations, ...

What if robots could not only mimic human actions but also think, adapt, and problem-solve like us? This is no longer the realm of science fiction. With the latest advancements in artificial ...

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, 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 ...

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. Joint research collaboration enables the Atlas humanoid robot to achieve autonomous whole-body manipulation and ...

See new human-shaped robots, including MIMA’s skill-glove training for dishes and laundry, so you can gauge real home-ready ...

From Boston Dynamics to Tesla, US companies are racing to build humanoid robots that can automate everything from factory work to folding laundry.