Boston Dynamics reveals how Atlas learned heavy lifting using reinforcement learning and millions of simulations.

Boston Dynamics published two videos and a technical blog on May 18 showing exactly how its Atlas humanoid robot learned to ...

Atlas robot hefts 50lb fridge to deliver a single drink — and yes, this is progress.

In 2021, 60 Minutes visited the offices of robotics company Boston Dynamics and met an early model of its humanoid robot, Atlas. It could run, jump and maintain its balance when pushed. But it was ...

A humanoid robot walked up to a row of 50-pound engine blocks, gripped them one at a time, and stacked them into place on a ...

Boston Dynamics offers a detailed examination of Atlas, a humanoid robot engineered to perform intricate physical tasks. Atlas’s development relies on a combination of virtual simulations and ...

Then in February, as Semafor notes, Boston Dynamics CEO Robert Playter retired. Then for whatever reason the CTO and CFO left. Semafor’s anonymous sources are former employees, ...

At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas earlier this month, Boston Dynamics was showing off the latest version of its humanoid robot, Atlas. Even though this latest version of Atlas has already ...

Bill Whitaker is an award-winning journalist and 60 Minutes correspondent who has covered major news stories, domestically and across the globe, for more than four decades with CBS News. For decades, ...