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In March 2008, a roboticist in winter wear gave Big Dog a big kick for the camera. The buzzing DARPA-funded robot stumbled, but quickly regained its footing amid the snowy parking lot. “PLEASE DO NOT ...

We trace the full arc of military robot dogs - from Boston Dynamics’ gas-powered BigDog through LS3’s jungle trials to the ...

BigDog has been weaponized, with gigantic freaking bull horns. You remember that scary-as-hell walking military bot, whose owners videotaped themselves slo-mo kicking ...

Combining electrical and mechanical technology to design a legged robot can be challenging. Combining electrical and mechanical technology to design a legged robot can be challenging. However, Boston ...

Boston Dynamics, the robotics company behind AlphaDog, Petman, and Cheetah, has now outfitted its BigDog robot with an arm that's capable of flinging 50-pound (23kg) concrete blocks across a room at ...

Boston Dynamics' BigDog rough-terrain robot just got even more terrifying, with the addition of a front-mounted arm that lets it toss around cinderblocks like soda cans. To get the job done, the ...

A U.S. company is building a four-wheeled robot that will be able to jump over obstacles and aid military troops in combat. Boston Dynamics, a Waltham, Mass.-based engineering company, has been ...

I, for one, welcome our new robot overlords. Yes, those geniuses over at Boston Dynamics have finally done it: created something even creepier than their last robot, BigDog. The Protection Ensemble ...