For several decades, Boston Dynamics has pioneered the development of advanced robots, including humanoids and four-legged systems tested by the military as a way to carry supplies over rough terrain. The company was sold to Google in 2013 and bought by SoftBank in 2017. In 2021, Hyundai acquired a controlling stake.

Boston Dynamics latest Atlas humanoid robot is big, strong, and increasingly smart, thanks to Google. The company has plans to ship up to 30,000 per year.

Hyundai-backed Boston Dynamics unveiled Atlas humanoid robot at CES 2026, says production will begin immediately.

Google and Boston Dynamics have partnered to enhance humanoid robots, specifically utilizing the Atlas model alongside Google DeepMind's Gemini AI. This collaboration aims to transform these robots from mere performances to capable industrial tools.

On Thursday, Google announced a new “Robot Constitution” that will govern the AI that runs its upcoming army of intelligent machines. Based on Isaac Asimov’s “Three Laws of Robotics,” these safety instructions are meant to steer the devices ...

Google found a new way to demonstrate what its Gemini AI model can do, with help from a robot. This was a robot from Google’s Everybody Robots Division, which was shut down last year. But apparently the robots are still around, so Google put a yellow ...

Google’s DeepMind has shown off an AI-powered robot that can beat the average player at a game of table tennis. According to an announcement by the company on X-formerly-Twitter, “it’s the first agent to achieve amateur human level performance in ...

Innovation rarely matches up to science fiction. The Jetsons premiered in 1962 and is set in 2062, so we’re closer to the future than we are the past. While it doesn’t feel like we’re living in The Flintstones, the most obvious mainstream tech ...