by Spencer Ackerman | Oct 24, 2012 | Monitor
Robots aren’t often athletic. But in this new video, a prototype version of a robot sponsored by the Pentagon’s blue-sky researchers climbs over wooden blocks, jumps while maintaining its balance, and climbs up stairs — the kinds of athletic tasks...
by Noah Shachtman | Sep 5, 2012 | Monitor
Updated 9/6/12 8:41 am Robots are already stronger than humans, able to lift thousands of pounds at a time. In many ways, they’re smarter than people, too; machines can perform millions of calculations per second, and even beat us at chess. But we could at least...
