Now the company has perfected its Handle robot so it can stack heavy boxes as if they were blocks in an extreme version of Tetris. The original Handle robot was created in 2017 as a research robot. It ...

After wowing us with humanoid and animal-like robots that run, jump and perform acrobatic stunts, Boston Dynamics seems to be getting down to business. New video from the Waltham, Massachusetts-based ...

Boston Dynamics has revealed its latest robot, Stretch, designed for far less glamorous purposes than its other creations. Where Spot and Atlas grabbed headlines with backflips and dancing, Stretch is ...

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Warehouse worker is not exactly the first thing that comes to the human mind when thinking about a future career. Low pay aside, it’s dull, physically straining work, with few rewarding moments. But ...

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. The original Handle was designed largely as an experiment that applied Boston Dynamics’ robot know-how ...