The robot can run at 13 mph of a flat course. The MIT will showcase the robot's new skills at the DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals in California on June 5-6. The Cheetah project is funded by DARPA ...

Video cameras see fast and far—all the way to the horizon. They can measure the texture and color of the ground, helping robots understand where it's safe to drive and alerting them to dangers.

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is hosting its 2013 DARPA Robotics Challenge Trials December 20-21 in Homestead, Fla. Teams will go head-to-head to build the ultimate ...

The book is based on exclusive interviews with 71 people affiliated with DARPA over the years. By Cori Brosnahan Artist’s concept of robots competing in the DARPA Robotics Challenge. Photo ...

Robot Race on PBS last night the entire enterprise has taken on a whole new dynamic thanks to the excellent backstory provided by the program that reaches all the way back to the first DARPA Grand ...

This raises an important question: How many robots can one person manage before becoming overwhelmed? The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) was worried they could end up in a ...

A British R&D unit that’s been compared to DARPA is funding synthetic muscles, electronic skin, and mechanical hands for a robotics dexterity project. The Advanced Research and Invention Agency ...