In the words of DARPA itself, the Avatar program will work on "interfaces and algorithms to enable a soldier to effectively partner with a semi-autonomous bipedal machine and allow it to act as ...

Developed for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the Advanced Inflatable Robot (AIR) has a blow-up arm that weighs only half a pound yet can lift and pull up to three.

While not technically a tank, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s new Robotic Autonomy in Complex Environments with Resiliency (RACER) Heavy Platform has been demonstrated in Phase 2 ...

DARPA and Boston Dynamics have broken their own legged-robot land speed record: Cheetah, which set a record of 18mph earlier in the year, has now been clocked at 28.3mph -- faster than Usain Bolt ...

DARPA’s “Cheetah” robot set a new land speed record for legged robots, galloping at 18 miles per hour, topping the previous record of 13.1 miles per hour set in 1989.

Not merely satisfied with having the the top research labs develop robotic dogs and cheetahs and humans, DARPA’s latest endeavor will see the military agency team up with MIT to develop ...

The Navy is testing uncrewed ships like the USX-1 Defiant to see how far it can push warfighting without sailors aboard.

DARPA's robot tank has succeeded in driving 30 miles across rough Texas terrain. Here's what it looks like in action.

It’s not as exciting as seeing Big Dog or Petman in action, but infantry in the US Army should be happy now that DARPA’s begun testing its Warrior Web support system. One day robotic ...