Since 2018, DARPA, the Pentagon’s advanced future projects wing, has supported a competition to train robots to navigate underground, with minimal aid from humans.

Previously we've seen AlphaDog, Darpa's four-legged, autonomous robot wander the woods and play fetch. Now the Pentagon's robo-beast, designed to haul supplies in rough terrain, has become smart ...

(Credit: DARPA/Boston Dynamics) Alpha Dog, the robot pack-carrying army unit, technically known as the LS3, has a few new tricks up its sleeve.

The LS3 robot, more popularly known by its earliest nickname, BigDog, is being retired. Despite hopes that it would one day work as a pack mule for US soldiers in the field, this dog had too much ...

The last time we saw AlphaDog, Darpa's newest four-legged robot, the big lug was flailing around in the lab. Now, however, AlphaDog's been let off his leash.

As recently as 2015, many robots had a difficult time doing basic human tasks like operating a power drill, something I saw firsthand when I attended the DARPA Robotics Challenge that year.

LittleDog is a four-legged robot designed to learn how to negotiate and traverse unknown rugged and complex terrains. The 5-inch-tall quadruped, manufactured by Boston Dynamics, has been recently ...

The US Army is testing robot dogs mounted with AI-enabled rifles at a military facility in the Middle East amid rising tensions in the region, according to newly released images. Photos shared by ...

American engineering firm Boston Dynamics was the first to pioneer the vision of robot dogs, launching its first four-legged prototype “BigDog” in 2005 in partnership with Nasa and the US ...