Swarms of autonomous robots are increasingly being tested and deployed in complex missions, yet a certain level of human ...

Of course that’s not a human contestant, but a humanoid robot developed by Boston Dynamics. And it’s not actually clinging to the vertical walls as its only support. There are two narrow ...

Humanoid robots are having a moment ... presented itself when the Department of Defense’s research arm Darpa jump-started humanoids research in 2011 with a series of robotics challenges.

The robot can perform many tasks autonomously while still allowing for human interaction in critical areas. ECHER will compete in the DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals this weekend for a chance at ...

Schaft was created to be the world’s strongest humanoid robot and it performed like it during the DARPA challenge by winning 27 out of 32 possible points. Google-owned Boston Dynamics ...

ASIMOV stands for Autonomy Standards and Ideals with Military Operational Values, a clunky title intended as an homage to ...

DARPA, the military research agency ... These rules, designed to protect humans, state that a robot may not harm a human, must obey human orders, and must protect its own existence.