THE rise of the machines has been postponed — if we don’t laugh ourselves into oblivion! Watch the epic fails of the world’s most advanced robots as they compete in their own Olympiad. United States ...

WORCESTER, Mass. — A vehicle drives toward a disaster site, robot at the wheel. The robot stops the car and then steps out to walk toward the disaster. That’s not scene from the latest sci-fi movie, ...

“Can robots save lives?” This is the question at the heart of the DARPA Robotics Challenge. In DRC 101, we embed with the organizers and engineers pushing robots to perform tasks that might someday ...

Keep in mind that the robot design entries were all aimed at helping DARPA to realize its dream of independent, autonomous, untethered robots that can rescue humans in post-disaster scenarios. The ...

When it comes to fully functional humanoid robots with versatile real-world dexterity, there are basically only two big games in town: ATLAS, a stompy kill-bot created by Boston Dynamics, and SCHAFT, ...

South Korean competitors Team Kaist saw their Hubo robot power home ahead of its rivals to help them to US$2m top prize in DARPA’s Robotics Challenge (DRC), with Running Man and Chimp rounding out the ...

Teams have been selected to compete in a U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa) challenge to demonstrate a robot that can help humans respond to disasters. Under the Darpa Robotics ...

Wired on Friday: The world of robotics is one of those pursuits that is peppered with cheerfully optimistic predictions that are then quietly buried for decades after their supposed due date, writes ...

DARPA's Robotic Challenge, a competition where some of the most advanced robots in the world go head-to-head, is streaming live right now. These are the finals, where the best of the best get put to ...

A 10-school collaboration led by Drexel University is one of several groups worldwide who are working to advance robotics technology for disaster relief as part of a challenge laid down by the U.S.