Researchers at the Boston Dynamics have done it again, setting the record for the fastest running robot on four legs.

Boston Dynamics founder Marc Raibert calls his company's efforts to deliver a legged reconnaissance robot "basic research." After seeing the mechanized Cheetah in action (see video below), you can ...

VideoA warning for anyone who imagines a Skynet-ruled world of robot domination: Don't watch the video below. Or if you do, prepare for nightmares of being chased at 18-miles an hour by a gas ...

Google has acquired robotics engineering firm Boston Dynamics, known for its animal-like BigDog, WildCat, Cheetah, and Atlas robots, as former Android chief turned Google-robot lead Andy Rubin ...

Boston Dynamics, the Waltham-based robotics company that developed BigDog of YouTube fame, announced that it will begin work on two new robots: the Cheetah and a human-like robot called Atlas ...

Robotics company Boston Dynamics has been awarded a contract to develop a military quadruped cheetah-like robot, capable of running faster than any 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 Dynamics’ Cheetah was outrunning ...

Robots with legs have long been slow, lumbering machines. But the aptly named Cheetah robot, created by Boston Dynamics in partnership with DARPA, is a ...

Okay, so it may not look quite as impressive as some other mechanical cheetahs we've seen in the past, but this new one from Boston Dynamics certainly has a lot of potential. That robot, plus a ...

Boston Dynamics and DARPA’s new robotic Cheetah sets a new robot land-speed record of 18 miles per hour.

An agency of the U.S. Department of Defense has developed a new robot — dubbed Cheetah — capable of running more than 28 miles per hour, leaving the world’s fastest runner, Usain Bolt, in ...