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 ...

ORO GRANDE, Calif.–Carnegie Mellon University and its robotics guru, Red Whittaker, have been vindicated. On Sunday, CMU’s Tartan Racing took home $2 million for first place in DARPA's Urban Challenge ...

The Department of Defense's research arm has already funded the design of a cheetah-like robot that broke the land speed record, and a more humanoid machine to safely test military combat gear. Now ...

In situations where battlefield medical care becomes overwhelmed during heavy combat, the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is looking toward a future in which robot medics tend to ...

Oregon State University's Atrias, a robot designed to enter disastger zones, is getting in shape to make its debut at the Darpa Robotics Challenge in June. Unlike other bipedal robots, Assume the ...

The Army has identified the sheer weight of all the gear soldiers must carry, often 100 pounds or more, as one of the top five science and technology challenges facing the service. Now, the Defense ...

Stimuli-responsive polymers have gained increasing attention for their applications ranging from soft robotic grippers to actuators. By controlling strain within thin thermoplastic sheets, these small ...

Congress created the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to make sure America was never beaten by technological surprise.

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