The commercial version of Boston Dynamics’ Spot isn’t designed for speed. So using reinforcement learning techniques, ...

A Chinese team has unveiled a new robotic quadruped capable of running the 100-meter-dash (328 feet) in under 10 seconds. Hangzhou-based startup Mirror Me and researchers at Zhejiang University took ...

Viral video that rivals a scene from a science fiction movie recently shot in China shows a robotic dog and drone facing off ...

The UK's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has successfully completed trials using robot dogs to defuse bombs. The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) trials took place over four days and saw the ...

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Robot dogs that can climb stairs, open doors, detect and defuse bombs are set to save the lives of British soldiers. Ministers stressed that the new military automaton would “revolutionise ...

The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has been trialing robot dogs to defuse bombs. A new live test led by MOD scientists has seen advanced robotic systems, including robot dogs, successfully detecting ...