The Pentagon today announced a robot competition, putting out a call for the type of full-service bot that could go into a dangerous emergency situation, perform multiple tasks and complete a mission.

Yesterday, the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced a new contest: create a humanoid robot that can navigate a world made for humans. We take a look at five of them and ...

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Just when we thought the fight couldn’t get any harder against our soon-to-be robotic overlords, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) decides to screw us over. They’ve issued a ...

Nicola Bezzo, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Virginia’s School of Engineering and Applied Science, has received a 2025 Young Faculty Award from DARPA.

Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few ...

Discover the incredible journey of Boston Dynamics as we explore their rise from MIT research labs to becoming leaders in ...