Then in February, as Semafor notes, Boston Dynamics CEO Robert Playter retired. Then for whatever reason the CTO and CFO left ...

Robots such as Boston Dynamics’ four-legged Spot can now accurately read analog thermometers and pressure gauges while roaming around factories and warehouses. Those improvements come courtesy of ...

In early 2026, Boston Dynamics’ humanoid robot Atlas left the dance floor for the factory floor, with its first industrial deployments slated for majority-owner Hyundai's new auto plant in Georgia.

How to revolutionize the high-tech world? The specialists at the Boston Dynamics American firm have a suitable answer: to design the most perfect robot ever created. Over the past 40 years, the ...

AI thrives on data but feeding it the right data is harder than it seems. As enterprises scale their AI initiatives, they face the challenge of managing diverse data pipelines, ensuring proximity to ...

Today, Boston Dynamics’ robot dogs—which cost up to $300,000 each—are already patrolling data centers across the United States, guarding the infrastructure powering Big Tech’s generative A.I. The ...

They may seem like scenes out of a slapstick comedy, but viral robot mishaps are no laughing matter — experts even warn they could foreshadow a “Terminator”-level apocalypse. A humanoid dance bot was ...

As tens of thousands of runners head toward the finish line of the Boston Marathon, Tesla is placing something unusual in their path: a humanoid robot designed to win over the crowd. Tesla’s Optimus ...

The United States’ advanced manufacturing future may have an unexpected limiting factor: a dire shortage of welders. While venture capital has placed big bets on a cutting-edge future of data centers, ...

Chinese robots can run and dance but chores still challenging X Square's home-cleaning robots rolled out last month in Shenzhen While robots are still clumsy and slow, X Square promises rapid ...

Neal J. Riley is a digital producer for CBS Boston. He has been with WBZ-TV since 2014. His work has appeared in The Boston Globe and The San Francisco Chronicle. Neal is a graduate of Boston ...