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Bionic Limbs Step Up – Thought-Controlled Prosthetic Leg Climbs 2,100 Stair Building

On November 4, Zac Vawter climbed 2,100 steps to the top of Chicago’s Willis Tower. Vawter made the climb on a prosthetic leg. Neither of these facts would be... more

Written By: | Posted: 11/8/12

Boston Dynamics' Cheetah robot sprinting on the treadmill.

Boston Dynamics Robot Cheetah Outruns Swiftest Human

Boston Dynamics' Cheetah robot sprinting on the treadmill. Usain Bolt, the fastest human in history, has been outpaced by a robot. Catchy hook, huh? Fact is, Boston... more

Written By: | Posted: 09/10/12

DARPA's new M3 Actuation program challenges developers to increase robotic power efficiency by 20-fold. It's also represented with this enigmatic image.

DARPA’s New Challenge: Increase Robotic Power Efficiency By 2,000 Percent

It was only a few months ago that DARPA initiated their ambitious Robotics Challenge that reserves a cash prize for a (probably) humanoid robot that can drive to a... more

Written By: | Posted: 08/2/12

A torso, arms and a head are planned for this stair-climbing DARPA robot to be used for developers in the DARPA Robotics Challenge.

DARPA’s New Robot Conquers Stairs

No sooner does DARPA lay down the Robotics Challenge gauntlet do they then entice would be entrants by giving them a glimpse of what they get to work with. DARPA released... more

Written By: | Posted: 04/18/12

DARPA's Robotic Challenge, where robots will perform tasks at a simulated catastrophe site, is sure to attract humanoid robots like Petman.

Robots Will Drive, Bust Through A Wall, And Make Repairs In DARPA’s New Robotics Challenge

Five years after the DARPA Grand Challenge robotic cars are already hitting the roads and states are preparing for their eventual arrival. Now DARPA is launching a new... more

Written By: | Posted: 04/11/12

With human-like movements, PETMAN will help the military assess the performance of their chemical protection suits.

Petman – Finally A Robot That Looks Like Terminator (video)

Look out cute and cuddly Nao. Get out of the way ever-attentive Asimo, a new robot’s on the march and he can smash both of you and your girly-man voices with his pinky... more

Written By: | Posted: 12/21/11

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Google’s New Robot Car Raises Hopes, Reality Will Dash Them Soon

Google shocked the world this weekend by announcing that not only was it developing robot car technology, but that its fleet of autonomous cars had already racked up... more

Written By: | Posted: 10/11/10

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iRobot’s Military Swarm of Wifi Bots Flips Into Action

The army of the future may rely as much on WiFi as they do on weapons. To that end, iRobot has built the diminutive Ember, a mobile robotic platform that can work in a... more

Written By: | Posted: 09/9/10

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