Killer robots WARNING: New Boston Dynamics robots feel terrifyingly human-like – Express.co.uk

The American robot design company just shared an update on its Atlas line of “dynamic humanoid” triggering nightmares of a Terminator 2 styled robot apocalypse. Atlas is one of the company's many ...
Boston Dynamics set to sell robot dog that became a viral hit | ZDNetZDNet
Boston Dynamics will sell its terrifying robot dogs. What could go wrong?The Boston Globe
These robot dogs can climb stairsThe Express Tribune
www.v3.co.uk -3D Printing Industry -Patch.com

Harvard builds robots that transition from soft to rigid

Researchers from the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University and the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have shown how a multi-layered structure can allow robots to mimic an octopus’ kinematics, creating and eliminating joints on command. The structure can also allow robots to rapidly change their…

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This Insect-Sized Flying Robot Is Powered by Lasers – WIRED

Nearly three decades later, those millions of tiny robots have yet to take over, at least not exactly like Brooks and Flynn envisioned. While they were right in some ways—the world has more than 700 ...
Laser-Powered Robot Insect Achieves Lift OffIEEE Spectrum
RoboFly Is the First Wireless Insectoid Robot to Take FlightExtremeTech
RoboFly is first flying-insect micro-robot to go tetherlessNew Atlas
Xinhua -Science Daily

SpotMini: headless robotic dog to go on sale in 2019 | Technology … – The Guardian

Former Google robotics outfit Boston Dynamics announces 30kg quadruped will be available to buy for an as yet unknown price.
Boston Dynamics' four-legged SpotMini robot to go on sale next year ...The Independent
Boston Dynamics Robots Can Now Run Outside, Navigate AutonomouslyExtremeTech
Enthusiasts are wowed by this four-legged Boston Dynamics robot, and it's going on sale next yearCNBC
Mashable -EJ Insight