Boston Dynamics

VIDEO: BigDog makers reveal PetMan

The makers of BigDog have unveiled PetMan, a biped robotic that could be used to test military suits that might one day protect soldiers in chemical warfare.

Boston Dynamics describes the machine as a "biped robot that balances dynamically using a human-like walking...

RiSE V3 pole climbing robot developed by Boston Dynamics

The University of Pennsylvania's Kod*lab robotics department and Boston Dynamics (the folk behind the brilliant Big Dog) have teamed up to create a pole climbing robot, the results of which you can see in the video above.

RiSE V3 can climb any pole, tree or...

VIDEO: Robo dog with animal like strength

This must be one of the freakiest things you'll see this week - impressive - but you'll probably want to run away run away from this thing even faster than you would a rottweiler.

Big Dog is the result of Boston Dynamics' brief to create "a robot with animal-like...