DARPA's tiny robot Olympics tests millimeter-scale machines in disaster response challenges, with untethered bots jumping, lifting, and navigating rubble.

Discover how the brilliant minds at DARPA are making superhero dreams a reality with their wall-climbing invention. This cutting-edge technology suggests that anyone can be Spider-Man, transcending ...

The Pentagon today announced a robot competition, putting out a call for the type of full-service bot that could go into a dangerous emergency situation, perform multiple tasks and complete a mission.

Forget robot wolves and missile-deflecting satellites — those things are already becoming old news. Instead, future wars just might revolve around insect-size spy robots. A recent digest of ...

The PUMA 560 robot performed a neurosurgical biopsy on a real patient in 1985—no small feat back then. Only a few years later ...

PETMAN looks like the Terminator but if it ever went rogue, escaping it would be as easy as walking up a set of stairs. No longer, kids; Boston Dynamics has released new footage of one its creations ...

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 ...