Atlas robot hefts 50lb fridge to deliver a single drink — and yes, this is progress.

Boston Dynamics published two videos and a technical blog on May 18 showing exactly how its Atlas humanoid robot learned to ...

Boston Dynamics offers a detailed examination of Atlas, a humanoid robot engineered to perform intricate physical tasks. Atlas’s development relies on a combination of virtual simulations and ...

Boston Dynamics reveals how Atlas learned heavy lifting using reinforcement learning and millions of simulations.

A humanoid robot walked up to a row of 50-pound engine blocks, gripped them one at a time, and stacked them into place on a ...

Humanoid robots like Boston Dynamics' Atlas and Figure AI's Figure 02 demonstrate advanced capabilities, including lifting ...

Then in February, as Semafor notes, Boston Dynamics CEO Robert Playter retired. Then for whatever reason the CTO and CFO left. Semafor’s anonymous sources are former employees, ...

Boston Dynamics and Google DeepMind have collaborated to teach their robot, Spot, to reason, moving beyond traditional coding ...

In early 2026, Boston Dynamics’ humanoid robot Atlas left the dance floor for the factory floor, with its first industrial ...

Robots such as Boston Dynamics’ four-legged Spot can now accurately read analog thermometers and pressure gauges while roaming around factories and warehouses. Those improvements come courtesy of ...