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 ...

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 ...

Massachusetts Institute of Technology engineers claim these mini robot "cheetahs" are the first-ever quadruped robots to do backflips.

Boston Dynamics has unveiled WildCat, the free-roaming version of its Cheetah robot, was famously broke Usain Bolt's speed record. The stunning video demonstration shows the robotic cheetah ...

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 ...

The last time we saw the sprinting "Cheetah" robot, our fear for the future of humanity was soothed slightly by the knowledge that it remained tethered to the offboard hydraulic pumps it relied on ...

A massive Japanese conglomerate is scooping up Boston Dynamics, the robotics firm behind many of the videos you may have seen online of amazing yet somewhat creepy automatons. On Friday, SoftBank ...

It's not quite as big as Boston Dynamics' Cheetah robot, and not nearly as terrifying. But the adorable four-legged, Swiss-made, Cheetah-Cub robot has a few tricks of its own. Built at the ...