Planetary exploration may be about to get a major speed boost. Researchers tested a semi-autonomous robot that can move from rock to rock, analyzing each without waiting for human instructions. The ...

The slowest part of a Mars mission is often not the driving, it is the waiting. A rover can only do so much when every move must be planned from Earth, then checked, then sent back across a gap that ...

A four-legged robot named Olympus was "mounted upside down to a floating platform at the European Space Agency’s ORBIT facility," according to ESA. See how it reacted, Credit: ESA-SJM Photography The ...

Four-legged robots are about to start delivering Amazon packages. CNBC reports the company quietly acquired Rivr, a Swiss robotics startup that makes robots on wheels designed for “doorstep delivery.” ...

AI is driving a historic buildout of massive data centers spanning dozens of acres. Boston Dynamics and Ghost Robotics see an opportunity to provide mobile security with robot dogs. Boston Dynamics ...

— and they could enter the red-hot space of securing AI data centers. As companies pour billions into sprawling industrial campuses for cloud and AI computing, some data center operators are ...

Researchers in China have developed a wearable robot that adds two mechanical legs behind a human, helping carry heavy loads while reducing the energy required to walk. The system effectively creates ...

Artist's reconstruction of Sonselasuchus cedrus in its environment in what is now Petrified Forest National Park, 215 million years ago. A “peculiar” ancient relative of the crocodile which experts ...

A "peculiar” ancient relative of the crocodile started life on four legs before it began walking on two, according to new research. The poodle-sized reptile that lived over 200 million years ago was ...

If this is confusing to you, you probably have a healthy relationship with how many limbs creatures tend to stand on, but as I'm also in the "please don't stand up, Pombon" camp, allow me to explain.