Boston Dynamics’ LS3 seems to be Star Wars inspired

10/03/2012, Truth is stranger than fiction after all, and it seems that the latest iteration of Boston Dynamics’ LS3 (Legged Squad Support System) has taken a page out of George Lucas’ Star Wars book, where it definitely brings back memories of [...]

Sand Flea and RHex from Boston Dynamics

03/28/2012, We have seen our fair share of robotic goodness from Boston Dynamics in the past, and you know for sure this is a company that is not happy to rest on their laurels, hence the Sand Flea and RHex robots. [...]

Boston Dynamics’ PETMAN is a BigDog on two legs

10/31/2011, Remember the BigDog robot from Boston Dynamics that is still something to look at even today? Well, it seems that the company have managed to cobble together a two legged version of the BigDog, calling it PETMAN – short for [...]

Soon we will be running away from robot cheetahs

02/28/2011, It has been reported that Boston Dynamics, a robotics company that is known for BigDog (a freakish-looking walking robot) has been commissioned by the military to create quadruped robots that can outrun human beings called Cheetah. Good news for would-be [...]