Silicon Valley Jeff Bezos gave a sneak peek into Amazon’s future Amazon is a notoriously secretive company, but its recent conference provides a glance at its far-out plans. by Jackie Snow 2018-03-22T18:02:00-04:00
Intelligent Machines In Buying Boston Dynamics, SoftBank Is Betting Big on Walking Robots Can the company make a go of the automatons that never did fit in at Google? by Jamie Condliffe 2017-06-09T12:09:00-04:00
Intelligent Machines Boston Dynamics Has a New “Nightmare-Inducing” Robot The makers of some of the world’s most impressive robots usually develop machines that walk—adding wheels has resulted in something fast, and frightening. by Jamie Condliffe 2017-02-01T10:50:00-05:00
Intelligent Machines Forget Drones—Google Explores Robot Delivery Legged robots from Boston Dynamics can navigate a home, and even deliver a parcel, using advances in manipulation and vision. by Will Knight 2016-12-08T12:11:00-05:00
Intelligent Machines This Robot Crosses Rough Ground Like a Human Does By testing the ground beneath its feet, it can work out how to make its move. by Jamie Condliffe 2016-12-02T12:31:00-05:00
Intelligent Machines Google Hasn’t Given Up on Robots Google is selling off a company working on the most advanced problems in robotics, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t have robot dreams. by Will Knight 2016-03-21T16:09:00-04:00
Intelligent Machines Why Google Is Selling Off Some of the Coolest Robots Ever Built By putting Boston Dynamics up for sale, the search giant may be acknowledging how hard it is to turn impressive humanoid robots into a viable product. by Will Knight 2016-03-17T16:44:00-04:00
Artificial Intelligence The Latest Boston Dynamics Creation Escapes the Lab, Roams the Snowy Woods In an amazing video, the newest generation of the humanoid Atlas walks on uneven terrain, squats to pick up boxes, and puts up with abuse from its human creators. by Michael Reilly 2016-02-24T10:51:28-05:00
Intelligent Machines Recommended Reads on the Robot and AI Beat This Week A roundup of interesting stories on robotics and artificial intelligence from other sites, collected by Will Knight, MIT Technology Review’s senior editor for AI. by Will Knight 2016-01-19T14:25:00-05:00
Intelligent Machines A Robotic Walk in the Woods A humanoid machine stumbling around the forest does not foreshadow a robot uprising. by Will Knight 2015-08-19T15:58:00-04:00