That’s a few small steps for Cassie the robot, one giant leap for robotkind. Oregon State University’s innovative bipedal robot, Cassie, has made history by running 5 kilometers (roughly 3 miles) in ...

For decades, the idea of humanoid robots on the battlefield has belonged squarely to science fiction. They stalked through dystopian futures in The Terminator, filled the ranks of armies in Star Wars, ...

China's LimX Dynamics launched a versatile bipedal robot last year with modular foot ends to walk or roll around as needed. Now the company has demonstrated its agility chops by having the squat bot ...

It's routine for four-legged robots with computer vision to navigate stairs, but getting a "blind" bipedal robot to do it is a whole other challenge. Now, researchers from Oregon State University have ...

Walking bipedal robots excel at tasks such as traversing uneven terrain, but because they're so mechanically complex, they can't be made very small. That could soon change, however, thanks to the ...

In a brief promotional video released earlier this month, a tall humanoid figure performs a slow pirouette, then drops into a ...

Twenty-one humanoid robots competed alongside thousands of human runners in Beijing on Saturday in what organizers claim is the world's first bipedal robot half-marathon. Newsweek reached out to ...

TL;DR: In a groundbreaking event, 12,000 humans will race against bipedal robots in a long-distance competition where the use of wheels is prohibited. What's the point of creating a humanoid robot if ...

Jack has a degree in Medical Genetics from the University of Leicester.View full profile Jack has a degree in Medical Genetics from the University of Leicester. You can run, you can hide, but robot ...

Cassie ran the distance in 24.73 seconds. ‘This may be the first bipedal robot to learn to run, but it won’t be the last.’ Cassie ran the distance in 24.73 seconds. ‘This may be the first bipedal ...

is a senior reporter who has covered AI, robotics, and more for eight years at The Verge. Researchers from Oregon State University have coaxed a bipedal robot off the couch to successfully complete ...