Developers of disaster recovery robots gathered in California this weekend to compete for a $2 million prize. Some robots shone. Many got stuck,... At DARPA Challenge, Robots (Slowly) Move Toward ...

“Can robots save lives?” This is the question at the heart of the DARPA Robotics Challenge. In DRC 101, we embed with the organizers and engineers pushing robots to perform tasks that might someday ...

DARPA's Robotic Challenge took place in Florida over the weekend, pitting some of the world's most advanced humanoid robots against each other in a series of complex tasks, and rather fortuitously for ...

Moving quickly to get its Robotics Challenge disaster-response competition off the ground, the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa) plans to award Boston Dynamics a contract to ...

Teams have been selected to compete in a U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa) challenge to demonstrate a robot that can help humans respond to disasters. Under the Darpa Robotics ...

Intelligent Automation, Inc. (IAI) will demonstrate its Multi-Arm Robot Control Software (MARCS) technology at the DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC) Expo taking place at Homestead-Miami Speedway on ...

Led by NASA JPL, Team CoSTAR will participate in the SubT final this week to demonstrate multi-robot autonomy in a series of tests in extreme environments. Eight teams featuring dozens of robots from ...

Google and Boston Dynamics bring us ATLAS 2.0, an incredible new upgrade to the world's most famous humanoid robot. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new window) Share ...

This weekend, Google-acquired Schaft bested 15 others teams competing in a robotics challenge sponsored by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), by remotely navigating a sophisticated ...

The new robot, dubbed 'Atlas Unplugged', runs entirely on batteries, is controlled via wireless, and doesn't need a safety tether to hold itself up, according to the Defense Advanced Research Projects ...

The DRC is intended to spur development of advanced robots that can mitigate disasters. Beginning Friday, researchers from Carnegie Mellon University will compete for a $2 million to prove their robot ...

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency officials announced 19 finalist teams earlier this month for the agency's March 2004 Grand Challenge. DARPA officials previously announced they would host a ...